The Cooperton Mammoth:

The Cooperton mammoth was discovered in 1961 when a son of Mr. Henry Buchanan, residing near Cooperton, Oklahoma, found a portion of the remains exposed and took a tooth to the Cooperton High School; from there it was forwarded to Dr. Robert E. Bell, Department of Anthro pology, Oklahoma University, Norman, Oklahoma, for identification. Dr. Bell notified the Museum of the Great Plains, suggesting that the site be examined to de termine whether or not it was worth a detailed study. Our examination revealed that the mammoth lay not in stream grav els, as is common, but in a fine silt sand deposit. Since we knew of no other in stance of a mammoth being found in a state of primary deposition in Oklahoma, the Museum decided that the site should be excavated. Therefore, permission to excavate was secured from Mr. Buchanan , the land owner, and Dr. Bell, authorizing agent for the State* under the terms of the State Antiquities Act. The legal description locates the site on the Henry Buchanan farm, in the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 1, Township 4 North, Range 16 West in Kiowa County, southwest Oklahoma. It is located in a