Coats-Hines Site, Paleoindian archaeological excavation in Williamson County, Tennessee.
Coats-Hines Site is a Paleoindian archaeological location near the CoolSprings Galleria area where workers discovered bones of large extinct animals and stone tools buried under several meters of sediment. The site contained the remains of multiple mastodons along with horses, deer, and other animals from when ice age conditions still existed in the region.
In 1977, construction workers discovered large bones at a golf course, which sparked extensive archaeological investigations. These excavations revealed evidence of hunting activities by people who lived in the area during the late ice age.
The site shows how early people hunted and used the landscape around them. The bones and tools found here reveal hunting practices that were common in this region thousands of years ago.
The site is located in an urban area near a shopping center and is easy to reach, but there is no permanent public display or visitor center at the location. Information about the discoveries and research findings can be found in scientific publications and historical archives.
The site contains four separate mastodon skeletons, suggesting an unusually rich burial ground from the ice age. This concentration of large animal remains in one location is relatively uncommon for this period.
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