Detail View: Image Archives: Man in front of tent, Horsetail Creek excavation

File Name: 
2010-170.jpg
catalog number: 
2010-170
collection: 
Excavation, General
title: 
Man in front of tent, Horsetail Creek excavation
creator: 
Unknown
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Stefanie A. Derkatsch
creator type: 
scanning technician or creator of digital collection
description: 
An unidentified worker at Trigonias quarry near Horsetail Creek with Colorado Museum of Natural History Denver (now known as Denver Museum of Nature & Science) truck, tent, and supplies. The excavation site 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: 
1920-1922
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
USA, Colorado, Weld County
modified: 
No
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
2.67 MB
source: 
3 x 4 black and white print scanned with Epson Exprssion 10000XL at 730dpi, 8bit grayscale with unsharp mask level high
rights: 
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science