Detail View: Snowmass: Snowmastodon Excavation

File Name: 
SNO20101106-137.jpg
catalog number: 
SNO20101106-137
collection: 
Snowmass
title: 
Snowmastodon Excavation
creator: 
Heather Rousseau
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Christine Powers
creator type: 
digital collection
description: 
Bison skull specimen EPV.60678 in situ,Tom Richardson DMNS Volunteer and Dr. Daniel Fisher mastodon expert from the University of Michigan preparing specimen for removal with excavation equipment in background. This may be the only excavation where construction workers worked side by side with museum volunteers to remove the largest number of fossils in a short amount of time. Bulldozer drives deftly removed tons of top burden while experienced volunteers sifted through the dirt. Some drivers distinguish when the blade hit rock, bone, or wood by the way "it felt".
date: 
11/6/2010
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
USA, Colorado, Pitkin County, Snowmass Village, Ziegler Reservoir
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
3.18 MB
source: 
Canon EOS D5
rights: 
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science