The Burning Tree Mastodon and Ohio's Ice Age

THE BURNING TREE MASTODON AND OHIO'S ICE AGE

March 19, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.

OHIO UNIVERSITY CHILLICOTHE

AUDITORIUM, BENNETT HALL

Hosted by The Friends of Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, Ohio University Chillicothe, and Ohio Humanities.

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The Burning Tree Mastodon site in Heath, southern Licking County, Ohio, represents the location where the most complete skeleton of American mastodon was found. It is dated to about 11,500 BP. It is believed that there was human presence at the site at that time.

The specimen was discovered on December 12, 1989 by a Flower Excavating Company drag line operator who was digging a new pond on the Burning Tree Golf Course grounds. The drag line’s shovel caught and damaged the skull. In the following three days, the fossil was excavated during relatively bitter winter cold and blowing winds. Excavation was conducted by the Ohio Historical Society and the Licking County Archaeology & Landmarks Society and volunteers from several organizations.

-Wikipedia

Ohio Geology a quarterly publication Winter 1992

In Warren County Ohio, there have been many findings of bones of extinct Ice Age animals, including mammoth, mastodon, musk-ox, and bison.

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