Detail View: Snowmass: Snowmastodon Excavation

File Name: 
SNO20101106-173.jpg
catalog number: 
SNO20101106-173
collection: 
Snowmass
title: 
Snowmastodon Excavation
creator: 
Christine Powers
creator type: 
creator of digital collection
creator: 
Heather Rousseau
creator type: 
photograher
description: 
L-R Sonny Evans and Tom Richardson DMNS Volunteer in foreground clear the soil around Bison epv.60678 in situ with excavation equipment in far background. L-R Steve Holen Curator of Archaeology and Ian Miller Curator of Paleontology and Chairman of Earth Sciences. 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 photgraph
location: 
USA, Colorado, Pitkin County, Snowmass Village, Ziegler Reservoir
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
2.29 MB
source: 
Canon EOS D5
rights: 
use with permisson Denver Museum of Nature & Science