Peale's Barber Farm Mastodon Exhumation Site

Peale's Barber Farm Mastodon Exhumation Site,

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 / 41.52639°N 74.21778°W / 41.52639; -74.21778Coordinates: 41°31′35″N 74°13′4″W / 41.52639°N 74.21778°W / 41.52639; -74.21778
Area 2.06 acres (0.83 ha)[1]
NRHP Reference # 09000863[2]
Added to NRHP October 20, 2009[2]

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]

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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 "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 11/06/2009 Peale's Barber Farm Mastodon Exhumation Site".


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