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The Mammoth Site is a museum and paleontological site near Hot Springs, South Dakota, in the Black Hills. It is an active paleontological excavation site at which research and excavations are continuing. The facility encloses a prehistoric sinkhole that formed and was slowly filled with sediments during the Pleistocene era.
According to the South Dakota State Historical Society's Archaeological Research Center, over 26,000 archaeological sites have been recorded in the U.S. state of South Dakota. [1] This list is broken down by county and encompasses sites across all of what is now South Dakota. Only notable sites are listed.
Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in South Dakota (18 P) Pages in category "Archaeological sites in South Dakota" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Pages in category "Archaeological museums in South Dakota" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... The Mammoth Site; W. W. H. Over Museum
On September 10, 1804, four members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition recorded in their journals a fossil discovery along the banks of the Missouri River in what is now Gregory County in south-central South Dakota. The find was a 45-foot-long (14 m) articulated vertebral column, ribs, and teeth at the top of a high ridge.
English: The Mammoth Site is a working paleontological dig site in South Dakota. Shown here are unearthed mammoth fossils recovered from the sinkhole sediments. Shown here are unearthed mammoth fossils recovered from the sinkhole sediments.
Pages in category "Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in South Dakota" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
This list of museums in South Dakota encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.