Mastodon is the site of the Kimmswick Bone Bed, where scientist discovered the first solid evidence of the coexistence of humans and the American Mastodon in eastern North America |
ONe of the questions the children had was what was the difference between a Mastodon and a Mammoth. This is a replica of a Mastodon trunk which weighs close to 250 pounds found near this site |
Along with Mastodon, there were giant beavers (skull above compare to the size today) Giant sloths, Bears and Peccaries |
The people who were present at this time are call Clovis people |
At the Kimmswick Bone bed a Clovis head was found near Mastodon bones. |
As a family we finally learned the difference between these two animals |
Giant sloth |
Peccaries |
sample of the arrow heads |
Right outside the visitor is a trail that takes you to the bone beds, currently there are no excavations going on at this site, and it has been completely buried to preserve it |
We need to visit there. More fun adventures :)
ReplyDeleteWow what a brilliant place to visit & so many new things to learn!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to one of the most interesting bloggers I know. I really enjoy reading your blog and checking out your pictures and seeing what the latest family adventure entails. I just drew your blog as this month's blog of the month feature on blog mommas, too. Hope you're having an awesome holiday weekend!
ReplyDeleteI never even gave any thought to the difference between a mammoth and a mastodon! I'm just glad that today's beavers and sloths aren't giant!
ReplyDeleteI always love to learn things when I read your posts. I really do enjoy your adventures.
ReplyDeleteI don't know the year of dating for what you learned; let me know on this one.
Meanwhile, in The Book of Mormon is the story of a family that came to the America's in 600 BC until 421 AD. It is a the record of a people who were guided here. It is a history of their culture, wars and etc. We believe they spread out from South America up into North America. They would be the descendants of the Mayan people and later the Native Americans of today. Missouri has played a big part in the History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints.
Thanks for sharing this one; I will hope to visit there myself sometime. I have a daughter who lives in Peculiar, Missouri.