My experience in the field

Digging at Montbrook was an excellent experience! Everyone is extremely friendly, and they made the hours fly by.

Day 1: I didn’t find anything, Day 2: I found a turtle epiplastron and a turtle peripheral, Day 3: I exposed the processes of a large mammal vertebra (possibly Gomphothere), and Day 4: I exposed more of a large mammal rib.

Photo courtesy of Alexis Fowler

Epiplastron of turtle plastron. Photo courtesy of Alexis Fowler

Photo courtesy of Alexis Fowler

Photo courtesy of Alexis Fowler

Epiplastron of turtle plastron. Photo courtesy of Alexis Fowler

Epiplastron of turtle plastron. Photo courtesy of Alexis Fowler

Photo courtesy of Alexis Fowler

While volunteering at the museum exhibit I used a normal microscope and a digital microscope to extract bone fragments from the screenings originated from Thomas Farms. I was able to find a tooth and an axis vertebra as well as a snail shell and a very shiny unidentified bone.

Photo courtesy of Alexis Fowler

Photo courtesy of Alexis Fowler

Photo courtesy of Alexis Fowler

Photo courtesy of Alexis Fowler

Video produced by Alexis Fowler