Alaska Museum of Natural History

Woolly Mammoth Ancient Elephant of the Ice Age
The woolly mammoth stood as much as 12 feet at the shoulder and ate 400 pounds of sedge and grasses each day. Possessing great bulk and formidable tusks, the mammoth reserved the right of way to the best pastures. It is a mystery as to whether or not the hunters of Broken Mammoth every saw living mammoths: ancient ivory bearing tuskers already may have become extinct. However, the people used mammoth ivory for making tools.

			Elk One of the Giants of the Ice Age
Elk (Wapiti) seemed to occur in great abundance during the Ice Ages. They, along with bison, were the major source of big game for the Paleoindians. Elk of Broken Mammoth were much bigger than modern elk. A bull elk would have been equal in size to a modern moose.
All Illustrations by Mark Matson

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