20. Regional database of archaeological sites
My fellow grad student and good friend Katie Tipton is creating a database of archaeological sites on private land and of private artifact collections in the region. Below is an…
15. Context is everything!
In my last post you may have noticed a picture of a small orange bead. The bead is similar to trade beads found at Fort Vancouver. Trade beads were used…
11. Oregon Experience: Fort Vancouver on OPB
Last night on OPB Oregon Experience aired the Fort Vancouver episode. Near the end is some footage of our excavations at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site during the 2017 PSU/WSU…
8. What Do Archaeologists Do? Part 3: Artifact Analysis and Report Writing
A little more about work in the field… Working in the field is a fascinating and exciting part of archaeology. So far I have talked a lot about digging and…
7. What Do Archaeologists Do? Part 2: It’s a Dirty Job…
Archaeologists remove a lot of dirt when they excavate. That dirt gets scooped into buckets and then dumped into screens to be sifted so that we can look for artifacts…
5. What Do Archaeologists Do? Part 1: Excavation
The most common images of archaeologists working are pictures of excavation in the field (although, much of archaeology actually happens in the lab and at the computer). Archaeologists work in…
3. Public Archaeology
Public, or community, archaeology is a branch of archaeology in which archaeologists work with communities during archaeology projects. Often, academic and contract archaeologists consult with and collaborate with communities, like…
2. What, exactly, is archaeology?
A common misconception about archaeology is that archaeologists study dinosaur bones. The truth is that archaeology is a branch of anthropology. Since anthropology is the study of humans, archaeology is…