Island 35 Mastodon
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The Island 35 Mastodon was discovered on Island No. 35 of the Mississippi River in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States.
Femur fragment of the Island 35 Mastodon at Hampson Museum State Park
Mastodons roamed North America until about 10,000 years ago (Painting by Heinrich Harder ca. 1920)
Drawing of a mastodon skeleton by Rembrandt Peale
Paleo-Indians
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Paleo-Indians were the first peoples who entered and subsequently inhabited the Americas towards the end of the Late Pleistocene period. The word comes from the prefix paleo-, taken from the Ancient G
The Paleo-Indians, also known as the Lithic peoples, are the earliest known settlers of the Americas; the period's name, the Lithic stage, derives from the appearance of lithic flaked stone tools.
The Mammut americanum (American mastodon) became extinct around 12,000–9,000 years ago due to human-related activities, climate change, or a combination of both. See Quaternary extinction event and Holocene extinction.
Diorama of a Paleoindian Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) hunting scene at the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
Atlatl weights and carved stone gorgets from Poverty Point