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The Burning Tree Mastodon and Ohio’s Ice Age

with Dr. Bradley Lepper

2025-01-23 18:30:00 2025-01-23 19:30:00 America/New_York The Burning Tree Mastodon and Ohio’s Ice Age Tremont Road Branch - Friends Theater

Thursday, January 23
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-01-23 18:30:00 2025-01-23 19:30:00 America/New_York The Burning Tree Mastodon and Ohio’s Ice Age The 1989 discovery of this giant, ancient elephant-like creature opened an unprecedented window onto Ohio’s Ice Age Tremont Road Branch - Friends Theater

Tremont Road Branch

Friends Theater

The 1989 discovery of this giant, ancient elephant-like creature opened an unprecedented window onto Ohio’s Ice Age

Archaeologists, biologists, and geologists studied the mastodon’s nearly complete remains (including its last meal) and other Ice Age animals and plants. This presentation will describe their findings and address the question of whether ancient human hunters or environmental changes drove mastodons into extinction.

Brad Lepper is the Senior Archaeologist for the Ohio History Connection’s World Heritage Program. In addition, he has occasionally been a Visiting Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Denison University. His primary areas of interest include North America’s Ice Age peoples, Ohio’s magnificent mounds and earthworks, and the history of Archaeology. Noteworthy research includes excavation of the Burning Tree mastodon and discovery of the Great Hopewell Road, featured in a documentary that was first broadcast on PBS in 1998.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | History |

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