Tooth - Mammoth
Object
Fossil
Production date
400,000 BC - 14,000 BC
Object number
1991.1028
Physical Description
Mammoth molar fossil. "Fossil Tooth; brown/white, folded, 'D', 'Lab no 6490', mammoth molar,
Object history
The woolly mammoth is the Old Stone Age’s most iconic creatures. Roughly as big as modern African elephants, this large tooth shows how big their jaws were, and their massive size too.
Woolly mammoths were well-adapted to colder temperatures, with a thick coating of fur, and short ears and tails to minimise heat loss.
Mammoths lived in Britain until as recently as 14,000 years ago, when changes in climate saw forests replace the grasslands they relied on for food.
Although it is unknown where this tooth was found, a mammoth skeleton was discovered in a brickfield to the south of Shacklewell Lane. At Stoke Newington, the extremely rare discovery of remains of a kill site was found in the 1880s, when a sharp stone tool was found in contact with a mammoth’s shoulder bone.
Woolly mammoths were well-adapted to colder temperatures, with a thick coating of fur, and short ears and tails to minimise heat loss.
Mammoths lived in Britain until as recently as 14,000 years ago, when changes in climate saw forests replace the grasslands they relied on for food.
Although it is unknown where this tooth was found, a mammoth skeleton was discovered in a brickfield to the south of Shacklewell Lane. At Stoke Newington, the extremely rare discovery of remains of a kill site was found in the 1880s, when a sharp stone tool was found in contact with a mammoth’s shoulder bone.
Material
bone
Dimension
Height (Whole): 135mm
Width (Whole): 80mm
Depth (Whole): 80mm
Width (Whole): 80mm
Depth (Whole): 80mm
On display?
No