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Object Number
2023.6.3
Display Title
Herbert Dick Bat Cave photographs
Descriptions
Archival Scope and Content
Herbert Dick’s Bat Cave photographs depict Plains of San Augustin / Bat Cave excavation sites and staff. They primarily consist of captioned black and white photographs stapled to paperboard, some of which were published in: Dick, H. W. (1965). Bat Cave. School of American Research. In addition, the collection holds: one 8” x 10” black and white photograph; a panorama showing the Southern Plains of San Augustin from Bat Cave, with sites marked; 5 color and black and white lantern slides described as “Stratigraphy, Camp maybe San Augustin NM, Plains of San Augustin NM, Maybe Bat Cave, [unidentified]”; and 4 color and black and white 35mm slides.
Department
Photographic
Date
1947-1948
Culture
- American
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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New Mexico
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Catron County
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<City>
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Bat Cave
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of Louden-Henritze Archaeology Museum
Provenance
Depositor
Deposited by
Loretta Martin
Donor
Donated by
Louden-Henritze Archaeological Museum
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