Ted Park, Barbara Munford, and Richard Efthim at Mammoth Skeleton Site, 1982
ID: SIA2009-3237 and 82-2560-31A
Creator: Nielsen, Kim
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: May 1982
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, Folder: May 1982
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Edwards "Ted" Park of Smithsonian Magazine shovels dirt into a bag Barbara Munford is holding while Richard Efthim is kneeling in the dirt. Barbara Munford and Richard Efthim are with the National Museum of Natural History Naturalist Center. The bags are to be used to dam the stream around the site 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 Efthim assessed the site and obtained permission for SI to dig. Museum of Natural History's Dr. Dennis Stanford directed the excavation with the aid of Dr. Gary Haynes and volunteer James Rancier.
Subject
- Efthim, Richard H
- Munford, Barbara
- Park, Edwards
- Torch, The (Staff Magazine)
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- Smithsonian Magazine
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Naturalist Center
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Paleobiology
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
This image appeared in the May 1982 issue of the Smithsonian Torch.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, Folder: May 1982
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
May 1982
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Women
- Scientific expeditions
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- Smithsonian Institution
- Personnel management
- Field Work
- Excavation
- Employees
- Skeleton
- Paleontology
- Mammoths
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Place
- Prince George's County (Md.)
- United States
- Maryland
Form/Genre
- Photographic print
- Group, candid
ID Number
SIA2009-3237 and 82-2560-31A
Physical description
Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Group, Candid; Medium: Photographic Print