Elderhostel Excavations at The Mammoth Site

Elderhostel volunteers excavate new areas of the sinkhole looking for more mammoths and other species of animals which became trapped and died in this sinkhole death trap 26,000 years ago. Elderhostel volunteers and Mammoth Site staff excavate from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. during this timefram. Visiters are able to veiw first hand and ask questions of the volunteers and staff while they are excavating, preserving, screen washing, and working in the laboratory.