Comments on: Columbian Mammoth Found in Downtown L.A.

By: MariaElena Sullivan

MariaElena Sullivan — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:22:03 +0000

I would like to see a photo of the woman that was found in La Brea Tar Pits, that is about 9,000. years old…. nobody really says much about her. I would like some history on her please.

thank you
MariaElena Sullivan

p.s. J.R. is correct it is La Brea it is a spanish name which means Tar in english

By: Brock

Brock — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:57:18 +0000

Who wrote this? La Brea… la B-R-E-A , it means tar in spanish.

By: crackgerbal

crackgerbal — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:15:29 +0000

What a cool find.

By: di

di — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:55:58 +0000

Thanks for the story; I went to the tar pits back in the 60s with my elementary class, it was fascinating then, and even more so now. Loved the 1910 picture.

By: Paul St John

Paul St John — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:36:44 +0000

La Brea tar pits not La Brae. Add the word to your spellcheck program.

By: RM

RM — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:15:35 +0000

One further clarification on location: The La Brea (Spanish for “the tar”) Tar Pits are indeed located within the boundaries of Hancock Park, which in turn is located in the Miracle Mile area of Los Angeles, in the Mid-City area – not downtown, but located between downtown L.A. and downtown Beverly Hills. The La Brea Tar Pits, together with the adjacent Page Museum, are well worth visiting, and are often cited as one of the three most important fossil sites in the world, the others being the Solenhofen limestone site in Bavaria and the Burgess Shale in British Columbia.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:21:03 +0000

I went to the tar pits last October and it was an amazing site. I highly recommend everyone go see it. I can’t wait to see little “Zed”

By: J.R.

J.R. — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:57:34 +0000

“Located in Hancock Park, the La Brae Tar Pits in downtown Los Angeles”

Just wanted to update you on that bit of info: Hancock Park, the Tar Pits and Downtown are all different places, not located in one another. Hancock Park is West of Downtown, with various other areas between them (Korea Town being one of them). The LaBREA (spelled LaBrea) tar pits are in the Mid-Wilshire area, which isn’t really all that close to Downtown.

Figured I’d give you the heads up as to avoid any confusion. thanks for the cool article!