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Title
Rancho La Brea's Historic Pit 91 excavation. Reopened 1969
Creator
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Date Created and/or Issued
1969
Contributing Institution
Research Library, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Collection
California Revealed from Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Rights Information
(CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
Description
The re-opening of Rancho La Brea's historic Pit 91 (originally excavated in 1915), the longest ongoing paleontological excavation in an urban area.
Type
text
Format
Original
Slide
Extent
36 x 24 mm
879 Pages of 879
Identifier
calanhm_000465
NHAI1004000
ark:/13960/t13p1pb01
Subject
Fossils
Archaeology
Paleontology
Place
La Brea Tar Pits (Calif.)
Rancho La Brea (Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Provenance
Natural History Museum Los Angeles County
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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