Tu Tu Tuala tusk and teeth return to Tualatin. The mastodon remains that launched a monthlong dig in 1962 will be displayed at the Tualatin Heritage Center

2006-10-26 - TUALATIN, United States. Jennifer Clampet

Grasping the molars with his fingers, Dr. John George rolled a set of 11,300-year-old mastodon teeth in his hands. George and Portland State University classmate Ron Sund excavated the mastodon from a Tualatin field in 1962. George, who now lives in Raleigh Hills, is loaning the tusk and teeth for permanent display to the Tualatin Heritage Center.

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Mastodon"s homecoming looks ahead

2006-10-25 - Tualatin, United States.

A mastodon tusk and two molars excavated in 1962 in Tualatin will go on exhibit at the Tualatin Historical Society's Heritage Center. The items were kept by the retired Portland dentist who dug them up. Now, for the first time, they will be displayed in the city where they were discovered. Dr. John George, who excavated the bones from a swampy swale where Fred Meyer now sits, says the items will be making a rightful return.

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