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Physical description:
Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Person, Candid; Medium: Photographic Print
Type:
Person, candid
Photographic print
Place:
United States
Maryland
Prince George's County (Md.)
Date:
May 1982
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
This image appeared in the May 1982 issue of the Smithsonian Torch
Summary:
Dr. Dennis Stanford, National Museum of Natural History specialist in North and South American Paleo-Indian hunting sites, kneels in the mud as he digs for traces of a mammoth skeleton. In March 1982, Smithsonian archaeologists and paleontologists began excavating a complete mammoth skeleton in Prince George's County, Maryland. Dana M. D'Aria, a 24 year old student from the University of Maryland, discovered the rare full fossil. Remains of mammoths are uncommon to the East Coast. Smithsonian Institution scientists Robert Purdy, Tim Rose, and Richard H. Efthim assessed the site and obtained permission for SI to dig. Dr. Stanford served as head of the recovery team and directed the excavation with the aid of Dr. Gary Haynes and volunteer James Rancier.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, Folder: May 1982