Jonesboro is a city located on Crowley's Ridge in the northeastern corner of the U.S. State of Arkansas. It sits at an elevation of 276 ft (84 m). Jonesboro is one of two county seats of Craighead County. In 2023, the city had an estimated population of 80,560, up from 78,579 in 2020.

Exhibitions at Arkansas State University Museum begin with the rich fossil history of Arkansas and continue through the advent of humankind. A life-size skeleton of the mastodons that once roamed the area triggers the imagination to the time when Native American societies were emerging as the dominant culture.