Am resteeming this. I don't know if that will help the payout, but it is a delightful and informative post. I like your descriptions. The pictures are wonderful. I'm impressed by the fact that you tried to return the site to its pristine state, and that floodwaters will restock the area with more fossils.
One sentence did puzzle me:

This area has also been inhabited by primitive humans for the last 13,000 years

Not sure what you meant by that.

I'm following so I can catch your future posts. Great job.