George Miller leans on the fencing overlooking an excavation pit littered with tags and tools. Photo caption reads: "Rancho La Brea project director George Miller thoughtfully surveys 28x28 foot excavation where tiny picks and camel hair brushes are used to separate tightly-packed bone fragments, microfossils and stone tools that may date back as far as 40,000 years. Modern shoring techniques will enable searchers to go as deep as 40 or 50 feet". Photo dated: July 10, 1970.
Miller, George,--active 1806-1809 Paleontological excavations--California--Los Angeles Excavations (Archaeology)--California--Los Angeles Fossils--California--Los Angeles La Brea Pits (Calif.) Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif. : Park) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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