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Asset ID
film147
Title
Central Asiatic Expeditions: fossils and artifacts
Description
Filmed during the AMNH Third Asiatic Expedition to China and Mongolia, 1921-1930. The film records the paleontological finds of the expedition. The most important is shown first: the discovery of the "perfect dozen" nest of dinosaur eggs by George Olsen, paleontologist, at the Flaming Cliffs of Shabarakh Usu in the Gobi Desert. Bones of Baluchitherium, one of the largest land mammals, a hornless relative of today's rhinoceros, and Embolitherium, an Oligocene mammal, are also seen being excavated. Nels Christian Nelson, AMNH archaeologist, studies Neolithic artifacts of the Dune Dwellers. The fossils are covered with fabric and plaster of paris to protect them while in transport, and are packed in well-padded cases. When the padding was used up the camels were luckily molting. The molted fur is plucked from the caravan camels and used as packing material. The loaded camel caravan, with American flags flying, then crosses the dunes of the Gobi Desert.
Date
1925
Agent (Role)
Shackelford, James B.
(
Photographer
)
Country
Mongolia
Collection/Work Relation
AMNH Special Collections, Film Collection no. 147: Central Asiatic Expeditions: fossils and artifacts, U-matic
Publication History
Andrews, Roy Chapman. The New Conquest of Centra Asia. New York, AMNH, 1932. (Natural History of Central Asia, v. 1)
Repository
American Museum of Natural History
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Information on rights available at repository.
External Resource
AMNH Library authority record:
Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930)
Tags
Baluchitherium
Caravan
Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930)
Eggs, Fossil
Embolitherium
Extinct mammals
Olsen, George, 1874-1939
Paleontology
Scientific expeditions
Vertebrates, Fossil