Peale's Barber Farm Mastodon Exhumation Site

The Peale's Barber Farm Mastodon Exhumation Site, near Montgomery, New York, is the site of an 1801 exhumation of a mastodon which became "the world's first fully articulated prehistoric skeleton".[3] The exhumation was led by artist/scientist Charles Willson Peale.[1]

Peale's Barber Farm Mastodon Exhumation Site,
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Peale's 1806 painting, The Exhumation of the Mastodon
Location	Rt. 17K, vicinity of Montgomery, New York
Coordinates	41°31′35″N 74°13′4″W
Area	2.06 acres (0.83 ha)[1]
NRHP reference No.	09000863[2]
Added to NRHP	October 20, 2009[2]

The site was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on October 20, 2009.[1][2] The listing was announced as the featured listing in the National Park Service's weekly list of November 6, 2009.[4]

The mastodon skeleton is exhibited at the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt in Darmstadt, Germany.

References

1. William E. Kratinger; Katherine Woltz; Evan Galbraith & Joseph Devine (April 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Peale's Barber Farm Mastodon Exhumation Site" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved December 20, 2009. (26 pages)
2. "Announcements and actions on properties for the National Register of Historic Places". Weekly Listings. National Park Service. November 6, 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
3. "Weekly Highlight: National Register of Historic Places Official Website--Part of the National Park Service". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
4. "Weekly List Actions". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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