Category Archives: mammoth

Tusk Weight

Posted on April 16, 2015 by George Crawford

I have been searching for some time for information about the weight of mammoth tusks.  I quite inadvertently came across this today while searching something else.  Such is the way of libraries and the internet.  It seems that the old … Continue reading →

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Revisiting the Vero Beach Mammoth

Posted on February 7, 2015 by George Crawford

We, at the Clovis site, have a tie to Vero Beach through the work of Dr. Elias Sellards.  Much of his work in New Mexico was forty years later but we owe a great debt to his research out here. … Continue reading →

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Rancho La Brea Photo Album

Posted on April 16, 2013 by George Crawford

I was invited to give some talks in southern California and my spare time allowed for an exciting visit to one of my favorite sites in the Los Angeles area, the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits.  Now … Continue reading →

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Wicker Mammoth Burning

Posted on November 28, 2012 by George Crawford

A fun, and remarkably good-looking, mammoth sculpture in Bluff, Utah.  Set to burn on the solstice to honor the mammoth petroglyphs found nearby.  I love Bluff and wish I could get up there for the event.

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Mammoths didn’t go out with a bang

Posted on June 15, 2012 by George Crawford

From Nature… Study suggests Beringia’s shaggy behemoths went extinct after a slow and gradual decline. “Why are there no more woolly mammoths? The last isolated island populations of these huge beasts disappeared about 4,000 years ago — well after the … Continue reading →

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Mammoth Butchered By Lions Then Seized By Humans

Posted on April 4, 2012 by George Crawford

The Yuka Mammoth.  A very interesting and important find from Siberia tells us some harsh facts about its demise.  Investigators believe it was taken by a large predator, possibly a lion, then stolen away by humans.  “Even more interesting, there … Continue reading →

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