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Dinosaur National Monument Palaeontology, 1915–1916

1915–1916 CE

Dinosaur National Monument was established in 1915 around a fossil-rich quarry near Jensen, Utah. The site preserved a dense concentration of Jurassic dinosaur remains and became closely connected to museum collecting and scientific fieldwork.

Excavation required skilled mapping, preparation and transport, while questions of federal protection and institutional ownership shaped how specimens were removed and displayed. Women participating in palaeontology still faced substantial professional barriers.

A Hope Unburied places a fictional Carnegie Museum researcher at the monument in 1916, combining field science with danger surrounding a neighbouring ranch and fossil discoveries.

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