Detail View: Image Archives: View of Quarry Area at Horsetail Creek

File Name: 
90-518.jpg
catalog number: 
90-518
collection: 
Excavation, General
title: 
View of Quarry Area at Horsetail Creek
creator: 
Harvey C. Markman
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Stefanie A. Derkatsch
creator type: 
scanning technician and creator of digital collection
description: 
This image documents the hill directly north of the "upper quarry" of the Trigonias dig in which a rich deposit of fossils were discovered including 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 and pigs. Duplicate fossils were used in exchange with various institutions across the country including The Field Museum and Harvard University. Location: near Horsetail Creek.
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: 
2.56 MB
source: 
8 X 10 black and white print scanned with Epson Expression 10000XL at 300 dpi, 8bit grayscale
rights: 
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science