Detail View: Image Archives: Fossil Digger's Summer Home
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File Name:
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00-2558A.jpg
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catalog number:
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00-2558A
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collection:
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Excavation, General
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title:
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Fossil Digger's Summer Home
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creator:
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Harvey C. Markman
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creator type:
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photographer
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creator:
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Stefanie A. Derkatsch
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creator type:
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scanning technician and creator of digital collection
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description:
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Horsetail Creek camp where personnel lived during t their excavation of the Trigonias quarry site. This dig was quite significant and yielded at least three complete Trigonias skeletons as well as at least thirty-seven skulls, fifty-nine pairs of mandibles, eight pelvic girdles, eight trays of vertebrae, several complete sets of ribs, and numerous limb bones. Duplicate fossils were used in exchange with various institutions across the country including The Field Museum and Harvard University.
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date:
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1920
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date type:
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date of photograph
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location:
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USA, Colorado, Weld County
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modified:
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yes, Shadow, highlights, brightness and contrast adgusted using Photoshop CS5
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format:
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image/jpg
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file size:
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3.29MB
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source:
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8 X 10 black and white print scanned with Epson Expression 10000XL at 300 dpi, 8bit grayscale
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rights:
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use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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