Past Publications: Technical Reports

From 2003 to 2013, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Reports captured the work by Research and Collections Division authors that may have not been published otherwise. Select reports are available for download (reselling prohibited).

2013

ANTHROPOLOGY

Dominguez, S. & Holen, S.R. 2013. Report on 2012 Supplementary Testing at the Scott Spring Site (5DA120), Douglas County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2013-01, 45 pp.

Holen, S.R. 2013. 2012 Report on Excavations at the Villa Grove Mammoth Site on Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Saguache County, Colorado under Permit # COC74333 to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2013-03, 4 pp.

Nash, S. 2013. Paul S. Martin Sites Recording Project: Investigator’s Annual Report. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report, 2013-02, 29 pp.

Nash, S. 2013. Raphael Gregorian’s Oral History about Vasily Konovalenko and his Works, Recorded on December 18, 2012, in Foster City, California. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report, 2013-04, 62 pp.

EARTH SCIENCES

Stucky, R. 2013. Report on Fossil Vertebrates from Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Natrona and Fremont Counties, Wyoming, under Permits 171-WY-PA94 (Survey) and PA13-WY-208 & 209 (Excavations) to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report, 2013-05, 39 pp.

2012

CHIEF CURATOR

Busch, R., Colwell-Chanthaphonh, C., Cushing, P., Demboski, J., Garneau, N., Grinspoon, D., Hagadorn, J., Haglund, K., Holen, S., Krell, F., Lee, S., Lindsay, M., Miller, I., Nash, S., Payne, R., Sertich, J., Stucky, R. & Yu, K.C. 2012. The Long-Term Collections & Research Plan 2013–2017. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2012-09, 155 pp.

ANTHROPOLOGY

Dominguez, S. & Holen, S.R. 2012. Summary of Current and Past Research at the Scott Spring Site (5DA120), Douglas County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2012-02, 51 pp.

Dominguez, S., Wernick, C. & Holen, S.R. 2012. Report on 2012 Assessment Testing at the Scott Spring Site (5DA120), Douglas County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2012-07, 90 pp.

Holen, S. & Newton, C. 2012. Archaeological and Paleontological Investigations at the Anton Trench: The Survey and Testing of 5WL232, 5WL233, 5WL234, and 5WL235 in Washington County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2012-03, 31 pp.

Nash, S. 2012. Oral Histories with Anna Konovalenko, Vienna, Austria, March 26-30, 2012. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2012-8, 216 pp.

EARTH SCIENCES

Anon. [Johnson, K.R., ed.] 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. Published at Lulu.

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 Report2011-02, 5 pp.

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

EARTH SCIENCES

Stucky, R. & 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.

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.F. 2009. Paul Seel's Magnificent Micromount Minerals. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2009-26, 27 pp.

Ellis, B., Lucking, C., Nichols, D. & 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. & 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. & 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

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. & 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)

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. & 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, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2008-7, 64 pp.

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)

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. & 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. & 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. & 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.

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. & Johnson, K. 2006. Kauffman Creek Fossil Plant Excavation Project. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2006-1.

Reynolds, R. & 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. & 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. & 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.

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. & 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. & 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. & 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. & 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. & 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. Emergency Management: Planning for Emergency Response, Salvage and Recovery of Collections. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2005-17, 98 pp. part 1, part 2

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. & 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. & 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.

2004

ANTHROPOLOGY

Holen, S.R. & 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. & 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. & 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. & 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. & 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).

2003

ANTHROPOLOGY

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