21st Century Artifacts - Denver, CO
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N 39° 51.520 W 104° 40.572
13S E 527696 N 4412120
Fossils that have been incorporated into the floor of concourse B, United Airlines, near gate B29.
Waymark Code: WMXCE1
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 12/26/2017
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Taken from the earthcache:
Fossils (Latin for "obtained by digging") are preserved traces of animals, plants and organisms from the far past. Fossils range in age from 10,000 years to 3.48 billion years old.
Fossilization can occur through a variety of different processes. For instance in Permineralization, the organism is quickly covered in sediment. The sediment, usually suspended in groundwater, fills the empty spaces of the organism where liquid or gases once were located. In Replacement and Recrystallization, shell, bone and other tissue is replaced with another mineral. Thus while the original item (example a shell) no longer exists, in its place is a replica made of another mineral.
At GZ you will see bronze replicas of various fossils. You will also note some bronze representations of various life forms that could have resulted in the creation of fossils. (Admire them and then ignore them. Those are not your targets). But, you will also see actual fossils. These are located in a various shaped "tiles" embedded in the terrazzo floor.
TITLE: 21st Century Artifacts
ARTIST(S): Braaksma, Carolyn, 1951- , sculptor. Villarreal, Mark, 1960- , sculptor.
DATE: 1996
MEDIUM: Fossils
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 66240041
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Denver International Airport (United Terminal Concourse)
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Some weathering noted.
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