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A History of the Waco Mammoth Site: In Pursuit of a National Monument

A History of the Waco Mammoth Site: In Pursuit of a National Monument

Smith, Calvin B.
Lintz, David O.

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GeologyPaleontologyRegional: Southwest

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ISBN10: 1481317709
ISBN13: 9781481317702
Publisher: 1845 Books
Published: Feb 15 2023
Pages: 134
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.39 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.76
Language: English

In paleontology there are certain encounters considered breakthroughs. Occasionally a unique event is discovered that permanently impacts our interpretation of an entire species.

The Waco Mammoth Site represents one such landmark moment. At the edge of the city, mammoth skeletons were unearthed from twelve feet of overburden, a find that has since been called one of the most important ancient proboscidean sites in the world. The discovery was made in 1978 by Paul Barron and Eddie Bufkin with subsequent excavations by David Lintz, who along with volunteers from Baylor University's Strecker Museum conducted the initial investigations. George Naryshkin, in his senior thesis for Baylor University's Department of Geology, identified the five partial skeletons as Mammuthus columbi. Calvin Smith became the director of the Strecker Museum in 1983 and reopened the excavations in 1984. During the next few years, the site was expanded and eighteen new discoveries unearthed.

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