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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.
Pages in category "Archaeological museums in South Dakota" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
South Dakota is a bit further south than the woolly mammoth's range, which is why most of the site's mammoths are the Columbian species. For decades, researchers working on the site thought the ...
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.
The research since 2006 has uncovered an Eden component at the site in addition to the Alberta component. The site was managed for two years by The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, South Dakota under the supervision of the United States Forest Service. As of 2009, the site is managed by the US Forest Service out of Chadron, Nebraska.
He is also the editor of the journal “South Dakota Archaeology,” a member of the scientific boards for the Mammoth Site in Hot Springs, South Dakota, leads the scientific team at the Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village in Mitchell, South Dakota, and is an adjunct professor at the University of Exeter in Exeter, England.