Exposing mammoths: From loess research discovery to public palaeontological park
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2015
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Tomić, NemanjaMarkovic, Slobodan B.
Korać, Miomir
Mrđić, Nemanja
Hose, Thomas A.
Vasiljević, Đorđije A.
Jovičić, Mladen
Gavrilov, Milivoj B.
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This paper is dedicated to the palaeontological and geoheritage potential and conservation values of recently discovered mammoth fossils in the Drmno open-cast mine area. These palaeontological resources provide an excellent basis for the establishment of the first ever palaeontological park in Serbia. In addition, the paper also proposes possible interpretation methods and to determine the current state and tourism potential of the Drmno mammoth fossils, by using the M-GAM model for geosite assessment and comparing this site with two similar world famous sites, the Mammoth Site of Hot Springs and the La Brea Tar Pits in the USA. Results of the assessment indicate that the fossils from the Drmno open mine have similar scientific and educational values as the fossils from two other analysed sites, whereas scenic and tourist values are much lower in comparison with those sites. This means that the Drmno site possesses great potential and resources which should be used and managed in a be...tter way. Hopefully, the newly constructed palaeontological park with all of its supporting infrastructure and newly employed people will eliminate the currently existing gap between the Drmno fossil site and other similar world famous fossil sites.
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Serbia / Pleistocene / Mammoths / Geotourism / DrmnoSource:
Quaternary International, 2015, 372, 142-150Publisher:
- Elsevier Ltd, Oxford
Funding / projects:
- Transformation of Serbian Geospace - lessons from the past, contemporary problems and possible solutions (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-176020)
- IRS - Viminacium, roman city and military legion camp - research of material and non-material of inhabitants by using the modern technologies of remote detection, geophysics, GIS, digitalisation and 3D visualisation (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-47018)
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.12.026
ISSN: 1040-6182
WoS: 000355674100016
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84957724867
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Археолошки институт / Institute of ArchaeologyTY - JOUR AU - Tomić, Nemanja AU - Markovic, Slobodan B. AU - Korać, Miomir AU - Mrđić, Nemanja AU - Hose, Thomas A. AU - Vasiljević, Đorđije A. AU - Jovičić, Mladen AU - Gavrilov, Milivoj B. PY - 2015 UR - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/222 AB - This paper is dedicated to the palaeontological and geoheritage potential and conservation values of recently discovered mammoth fossils in the Drmno open-cast mine area. These palaeontological resources provide an excellent basis for the establishment of the first ever palaeontological park in Serbia. In addition, the paper also proposes possible interpretation methods and to determine the current state and tourism potential of the Drmno mammoth fossils, by using the M-GAM model for geosite assessment and comparing this site with two similar world famous sites, the Mammoth Site of Hot Springs and the La Brea Tar Pits in the USA. Results of the assessment indicate that the fossils from the Drmno open mine have similar scientific and educational values as the fossils from two other analysed sites, whereas scenic and tourist values are much lower in comparison with those sites. This means that the Drmno site possesses great potential and resources which should be used and managed in a better way. Hopefully, the newly constructed palaeontological park with all of its supporting infrastructure and newly employed people will eliminate the currently existing gap between the Drmno fossil site and other similar world famous fossil sites. PB - Elsevier Ltd, Oxford T2 - Quaternary International T1 - Exposing mammoths: From loess research discovery to public palaeontological park EP - 150 SP - 142 VL - 372 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.12.026 ER -
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Tomić, N., Markovic, S. B., Korać, M., Mrđić, N., Hose, T. A., Vasiljević, Đ. A., Jovičić, M.,& Gavrilov, M. B.. (2015). Exposing mammoths: From loess research discovery to public palaeontological park. in Quaternary International Elsevier Ltd, Oxford., 372, 142-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.12.026
Tomić N, Markovic SB, Korać M, Mrđić N, Hose TA, Vasiljević ĐA, Jovičić M, Gavrilov MB. Exposing mammoths: From loess research discovery to public palaeontological park. in Quaternary International. 2015;372:142-150. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2014.12.026 .
Tomić, Nemanja, Markovic, Slobodan B., Korać, Miomir, Mrđić, Nemanja, Hose, Thomas A., Vasiljević, Đorđije A., Jovičić, Mladen, Gavrilov, Milivoj B., "Exposing mammoths: From loess research discovery to public palaeontological park" in Quaternary International, 372 (2015):142-150, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.12.026 . .