Detail View: Image Archives: Fossil Quarry and Camp

File Name: 
00-2099A.jpg
catalog number: 
00-2099A
collection: 
Excavation, General
title: 
Fossil Quarry and Camp
creator: 
Harvey C. Markman
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Stefanie A. Derkatsch
creator type: 
scanning technician and creator of digital collection
description: 
Denver Museum of Natural History (now known as Denver Museum of Nature & Science) field party camp at the Trigonias quarry with automobile, tents and wooden structures. The excavation site near Horsetail Creek that 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. The site yielded remains of a variety of prehistoric rhinoceroses. Duplicate fossils were used in exchange with various institutions across the country including The Field Museum and Harvard University.
date: 
1920
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
USA, Colorado, Weld County
modified: 
yes, shadow, highlights, brightness and contrast adgusted using Photoshop CS5
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
2.85 MB
source: 
8.5 X 11 black and white print scanned with Epson Expression 10000XL at 300 dpi, 8bit grayscale
rights: 
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science