Technical Reports 2012

EARTH SCIENCES

Anon. 2012. Program and Abstracts for the First Snowmastodon Science Team Meeting. Denver, CO June 26-28, 2012. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2012-5, 32 pp.

Lucking, C., Johnson, K.R., Pigati, J. & Miller, I. 2012. Primary Mapping and Stratigraphic Data and Field Methods for the Snowmastodon Project. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2012-4, 102 pp. part 1 (pp. 1-15) part 2 (pp. 16-48) part 3 (pp. 49-60) part 4 (pp. 61-72) part 5 (pp. 73-79) part 6 (pp. 80-85) part 7 (pp. 86-102)

ZOOLOGY

Krell, F.-T., Bettman, D. & Gilligan, T. (eds) 2012. Program and Proceedings of the International Lepidopterists' Conference, Denver, July 23-29, 2012. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2012-6: 65 pp. Denver.

Technical Reports 2011

ANTHROPOLOGY

Asher, B. & Holen, S.R. 2011. Summary of Current and Past Research at the Jetmore Mammoth Locality (14HO1), Hodgeman County, Kansas. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2011-01, 25 pp.

Holen, S.R. 2011. New Radiocarbon Ages from the Lamb Spring Archaeological Site. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2011-02, 5 pp.

Technical Reports 2010

ANTHROPOLOGY
Holen, S.R. 2010. 2010 Salvage Excavations at the April Fools' Mammoth Site, North Shore of Lovewell Reservoir, Jewell County, Kansas. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2010-5, 6 pp.

Holen, S.R. 2010. Synopsis of Fieldwork at Lovewell Reservoir and Medicine Creek Reservoir, 2009. Report submitted to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2010-2, 6 pp.

Levine, M.N., Nash, S.E. and Moss-Logan, J. 2010. To Be Opened in 2307: Museum Visitors' Message to the Future. With special assistance provided by Ingrid Giffin, Deirdre Huff, Angela Meno, and Diane Sutton. Denver Museum of Nature and Science Technical Report 2010-3, 14 pp.

McDonald, G.H. and Holen, S.R. 2010. Pleistocene Fauna from Lovewell Reservoir, Jewell County, Kansas. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2010-7, 28 pp.

CONSERVATION
Southward, J. and Thorwald, H. 2010. Collections Risk Assessment. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2010-1, 28 pp.

EARTH SCIENCES
Stucky, R. and Carbaugh, G. 2010. Report on Fossil Vertebrates from Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Sweetwater, Natrona and Fremont Counties, Wyoming, under Permits 171-WY-PA94 and PA-06-WY-142 to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2010-06, 7 pp., appendix restricted.

ZOOLOGY
Krell, F.-T. 2010. Catalogue of Colorado scarab and stag beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), based on literature records. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2010-4, 84 pp. Published at Lulu.

Technical Reports 2009

ANTHROPOLOGY
Holen, S. 2009. Addendum to: Test Excavations at the Cottonwood Grove Site, 14JW102. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2009-7, 6 pp.

Levine, M. 2009. The Latin American Archaeology Collection at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science: A Preliminary Assessment. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2009-30, 16 pp.

EARTH SCIENCES
Hurlbut, J. 2009. Paul Seel's Magnificent Micromount Minerals. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2009-26, 9 pp. (sponsored by Ian Miller)

Ellis, B., Lucking, C., Nichols, D., and Kline, D. 2009. Summary of Palynological Research in the Denver Basin. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2009-28, 1030 pp. with two ancillary notebooks containing raw data and original reports.

Raynolds, B. and Dechesne, M. 2009. The Colorado Ground-Water Association's Denver Basin Field Trip - Rocks and Water: A look at the Denver Basin Aquifers. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2009-6.

Stucky, R. 2009. Fossil Vertebrates from the Early to Late Eocene of the Wind River, Bridger, and White River formations collected on lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming, 2008. Report submitted to the US Bureau of Land Management in partial fulfillment of stipulations under collecting permits PA06-WY-142 and 171-WY-PA94. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2009-1. 107 pp.

Stucky, R. 2009. Fossil Vertebrates from the Middle Eocene of the Washakie Formation collected on lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Colorado, 2008. Report submitted to the US Bureau of Land Management in partial fulfillment of stipulations Under collecting permits C-49189h and C-49189. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report, 2009-2. 14 pp.

Stucky, R., Miller, I., and Carbaugh, G. 2009. Early Tertiary Plant and Vertebrate Paleontology of the Wind River Basin, Wyoming. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report, 2009-3. 33 pp.

Stucky, R. K. 2009. Report on Wasatchian Fossil Vertebrates from the White River National Forest recovered in collaboration between the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and the United States Forest Service, July 7, 2009. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2009-9, 13 pp. Appendix restricted.

Stucky, R. K. 2009. Final Report on Fossil Vertebrates from Lands Administered by the Bureau of Reclamation, Fremont County, Wyoming, from the Wind River Formation (Early Eocene) acquired under BR Permit 09-GP-12-P by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Accession DMNS 2009-125. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2009-10, 13 pp.

Stucky, R.K. 2009. Report on Fossil Vertebrates from the San Juan Basin, New Mexico, from Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land Management under Permit NM009-001S to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2009-11.

Stucky, R.K. 2009. Report on Fossil Vertebrates from Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Sweetwater, Natrona and Fremont Counties, Wyoming, under Permits 171-WY-PA94 and PA-06-WY-142 to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2009-29.

Thorson, J. 2009. Provenance and Geochemistry of Volcanic Pebbles in the Denver Basin. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2009-27 (sponsored by Beth Ellis)

EDUCATION COLLECTIONS
Busch, R. 2009. Hilltop Archaeology: Ceremony and Ritual at the Site of Cerro Santa Rita, Chao Valley, Peru. Masters Thesis, University of Denver. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2009-5, 245 pp.

LIBRARY & ARCHIVES
Haglund, K. and Payne, R. 2009. Image Souvenir Book for Retired Trustees, Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2009-12

ZOOLOGY
Bartell, B. 2009. Field study of Boloria freija browni and its habitat in Golden Gate Canyon State Park 2008 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2009-4, 17 pp. (sponsored by Frank Krell) second part

Krell, F.-T. (ed.) 2009. Program and Abstracts, High Country Lepidopterists, 20th Annual Meeting, October 23 and 24, 2009, Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2009-8, 11 pp.

(Technical Reports 2009-13 to 2009-25 withdrawn)

Technical Reports 2008

CHIEF CURATOR
Johnson, K.R. et al. 2008. The Long-Term Collections & Research Plan 2008 - 2012. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2008-1, 130 pp.

ANTHROPOLOGY
Holen, S.R. 2008. Lasena Mammoth Site, 25FT177 Medicine Creek Reservoir, Frontier Country, Nebraska, Volume 1: History of Investigations, Paleoecelogy and Stratigraphy. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2008-9, 169 pp.

Holen, S.R. 2008. Excavations at 14SN101, the Kanorado Locality, Sherman County, Kansas. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2008-11, 11 pp.

Holen, S.R. and Newton, C. 2008. Assessment and Preliminary Analysis of the Lindenmeier Site Collection (A900) from the 1935 Colorado Museum of Natural History Excavations, Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2008-12, 28 pp.

Holen, S.R. 2008. New Evidence of Mammoth Remains at Lovewell Reservoir, Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2008-13, 13 pp.

Nash, S. 2008. Proposed Deaccession of Arizona State Museum Loan Materials. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2008-3, 10 pp.

Nash, S. 2008. An Appraisal of Anthropology Exhibitions at the Museum. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2008-4, 5 pp.

Nash, S. 2008. Proposed Deaccession of Blumenschein painting Landscape with Indian Camp. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2008-5, 5 pp.

Nash, S. 2008. Investigator's Annual Report, Department of the Interior, National Park Service: "Tree-Ring Dating at Mesa Verde National Park". Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2008-6, 4 pp.

EARTH SCIENCES
Milito, S.A. 2008. Fossils and Geologic Points of Interest in Red Rock Canyon Open Space. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2008-7, 64 pp. (sponsored by B. Raynolds)

LIBRARY & ARCHIVES
Haglund, K. et al. 2008. Archives Audit Report. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2008-2, 164 pp.

Haglund, K. et al. 2008. Library Audit Report. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2008-10.

ZOOLOGY
Bartell, B. 2008. Field study of Boloria selene tollandensis and its habitat in Golden Gate Canyon State Park 2007. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2008-8, 18 pp. (sponsored by F. Krell)

Technical Reports 2007

ANTHROPOLOGY
Holen, S.R. 2007. An Archaeological Survey of Selected Areas at Medicine Creek and Red Willow Reservoirs, Southwest Nebraska. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2007-2, 7 pp.

Holen, S.R. 2007. Archaeological Survey at Lovewell Reservoir and Test Excavations at Site, 14JW103, Jewell County, Kansas. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2007-3, 19 pp.

Holen, S.R. and May, D.W. 2007. Excavations at the Hamburger Mammoth Site, 25FT44, Medicine Creek Reservoir, Frontier County, Nebraska. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2007-7, 22 pp.

Holen, S.R. 2007. Report on the 2007 Excavations at 14SN105 and 14SN101, Kanorado Locality, Sherman County, Kansas. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2007-11, 10 pp.

EARTH SCIENCES
Raynolds, R.G., Taylor, L.H. and Ives, I. 2007. Geomorphic Control on Ecosystems and Preservation Potential of Fauna and Flora: Field Observations in Botswana. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2007-4, 63 pp. [1st part] [2nd part]

Stucky, R.K. 2007. Eocene PaleoZoo - Vertebrate Who's Who, 52-49 million years ago, Wind River Formation of Wyoming. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2007-5, 28 pp.

Stucky, R. 2007. Fossil Vertebrates from the White River Formation, Pawnee National Grassland, Weld County, Colorado, Collected during 2006-7 by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2007-9, 4 pp.

Stucky, R. 2007. Fossil Vertebrates from the Early to Late Eocene from the Wind Ricer, Bridger, and White River formations collected on lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming, 2006 and 2007. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2007-10, 89 pp.

LIBRARY & ARCHIVES
Haglund, K. and Goulette, K. (editors), 2007, Imaging Archives Audit. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2007-1

ZOOLOGY
Krell, F.-T. 2007. Catalogue of fossil Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) of the Mesozoic and Tertiary - Version 2007 -. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2007-8, 79 pp.

Krell, F.-T. 2007. Dung beetle sampling protocols. Denver Museum of Nature and Science Technical Report 2007-6, 11 pp.

Technical Reports 2006

ANTHROPOLOGY
Holen, S.R. 2006. Test Excavations at the Cottonwood Grove Site, Jewell County Kansas. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2006-3, 12 pp.

CONSERVATION
Southward. J. 2006. Institute of Museum & Library Services, Southeast Asian Textile Grant. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2006-6.

EARTH SCIENCES
Miller, I., Ellis, B., Miller, D., Hutton, C. and Johnson, K. 2006. Kauffman Creek Fossil Plant Excavation Project. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2006-1.

Reynolds, R. and Dechesne, M. 2006. Episodic Sedimentation Patterns in the Denver Basin -a field trip for Shell", October 13-15, 2006. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2006-4.

Reynolds, R. and Dechesne, M. 2006. Geology of the Bedrock Aquifers in the Aurora Area. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2006-5.

SPACE SCIENCES
Storksdiek, M. and Yu, K.C. 2006. Meta!Blast Front-End Visitor Survey: Summary of Results, Annapolis, MD & Denver, CO: Institute for Learning Innovation & Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2006-2, 7 pp.

Technical Reports 2005

ANTHROPOLOGY
Muniz, M.P. 2005. Cutbank survey of the Norton Reservoir, Norton County, Kansas. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2005-1.

Muniz, M.P., Holen, S.R., and May, D.W. 2005. The Arikee River survey: class III survey of 3500 acres in Kit Carson, Lincoln, and Yuma counties, Colorado. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2005-2.

Holen, S.R. 2005. Bureau of Reclamation Grant Project report. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2005-3.

Muniz, M.P., Holen, S.R., and May, D.W. 2005. Shoreline survey of the Red Willow Reservoir, Frontier County, Nebraska. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2005-4, 101 pp.

Muniz, M.P., May, D.W., and Holen, S.R. 2005. Shoreline survey of the Swanson Reservoir, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2005-5, 38 pp.

Holen, S.R, Muniz, M., and May, D. 2005. The 2004 Excavation at Lovewell Mammoth site (14JW306) Jewell County, Kansas. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2005-9, 48 pp.

LaBelle, J.M. and Holen, S.R. 2005. Class III Archaeological Survey of Middle Beaver Creek and Several Surrounding Drainages, Kit Carson, County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2005-14, 74 pp.

Holen, S.R. 2005. The 2005 Excavations at the Kanorado Locality. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2005-15, 5 pp.

CONSERVATION
Hawks, C. 2005. Planning for Emergency Response, Salvage & Recovery or Collections. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2005-17, 21 pp.

EARTH SCIENCES
Dechesne, M. 2005. Generalized geologic and paleogeographic maps of the Denver Basin. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2005-16, 14 pp., 8 maps.

Graham, R.W. and Weis, B.W. 2005. Report on the pedestrian paleontological survey conducted by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science in the Pawnee National Grasslands, Weld County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2005-13, 21 pp.

Raynolds, R.G. 2005. Geology of the bedrock aquifers in the Parker Water and Sanitation District. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2005-6, 7 pp., 7 app.

Raynolds, R.G. 2005. The Arapahoe aquifer in the Parker area. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2005-7, 17 pp., 5 app.

Raynolds, R.G. and Dechesne, M. 2005, The Laramie/Fox Hills aquifer in the Parker area. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2005-8, 15 pp., 4 app.

SPACE SCIENCES
Yu, K.C. 2005. Lecture notes for introduction to Astronomy. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2005-10, xi+204 pp.

Yu, K.C. 2005. Observational cosmology and the end of the universe. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2005-11, 13 pp.

Yu, K.C. 2005. Lecture notes for introduction to cosmology. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2005-12, ix+152+8 pp.

Technical Reports 2004

ANTHROPOLOGY
Holen, S.R. and McDonald, H.G. 2004. A Last Glacial Maximum Record of Giant Short-Faced Bear (Arctodus simus) from the Peorian Loess of Southwest Nebraska, USA. Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Archaeological Series Technical Report 2004-1, 16 pp.

EARTH SCIENCES
Barclay, R.S. 2004. Plant Megafossils from the early Paleocene Chopping at the Gap fossil locality, Colorado Springs, Colorado (DMNH Locality No. 2687). Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2004-5, 268 pp.

Ellis, B., Johnson, K.R., Dunn, R.E., and Reynolds, M.R. 2004. The Castle Rock Rainforest. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2004-2, 455 pp.

Graham, R.W., Evanoff, E., Weis, B., and Ivy, L. 2004. Taphonomic Analysis of Orellan Fossils collected between the Oblong Hill and Gargoyle Sites, Badlands National Park. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2004-6, 30 pp.

Graham, R.W., Weis, B., and Dixon, J.E. 2004. Stratigraphy and paleobiology of Mammoth sites in the Denver Colorado area. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2004-7, 35 pp.

Verbruggen, F. 2004. Lower Paleocene palynostratigraphy of the Kiowa core (Denver Basin, Colorado, U.S.A.). Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2004-3, 49 pp.

Verbruggen, F. 2004. Palynology of the lower Paleocene Denver Basin. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2004-4, 166 pp.

ZOOLOGY
Ramey, R.R., Liu, H.P., Carpenter, L.M., and Epps, C.W. 2004. Testing the uniqueness of Z. h. intermedius relative to Z. h. camprestris. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2004-8, 13 pp. Published version, see Animal Conservation 8 (3): 329-346 (2005).

Technical Reports 2003

ANTHROPOLOGY
Holen, S.R. and Klawon, J. 2003. Test Excavations at the Portice (Como) Mammoth Site. Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Archaeological Series Technical Report 2003-1.

Holen, S.R. and Talley, R.H. 2003. The April Fools' Mammoth Site (14JW101), Lovewell Reservoir, Jewell County, Kansas. Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Archaeological Series Technical Report 2003-2.

Holen, S.R., Ferguson, J.R. and Kinnear, P. 2003. Archaeological Survey of the Arikaree River, Eastern Colorado: Preliminary Planning. Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Archaeological Series Technical Report 2003-3.