Smithsonian Venezuelan Project, Norman Peterson, 1 November - 31 December 1967 journal
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PrintThe journal documents the field work of Norman Peterson for the Smithsonian Venezuelan Project, November 1 - December 31, 1967. The entries are in two formats, numbered lists detailing specimen collecting and narrative style entries describing a various aspects of the entire trip. These include daily activities, interactions (with officials, local inhabitants, and colleagues), routes, campsites, collecting locations, and work with specimens (collecting, processing, and shipping). Includes hand drawn maps of collecting sites and campsites. Numbered lists detail collecting methods (type, quantity, and location), quantity and type of specimens collected (mammals, reptile, ectoparasites), weather (sometimes temperature) and habitat, specimens processed (sometimes with numbers, including 14811 - 21002), and comments covering time range, location, and additional pertinent information. There are also descriptions of numbered collecting sites relating information about vegetation (types) and terrain including soil composition. Location information includes town or district, distance from, altitude, and latitude and longitude.
1967
Nov 01, 1967
Dec 31, 1967
At least 24 hours advance notice is recommended to consult this collection. Contact the Division of Mammals at 202-633-1253 to make an appointment.
Venezuela
SIA Acc. 12-449
Division of Mammals, Smithsonian Venezuelan Project, 1965 - 1968
1 field book
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Division of Mammals