Interesting Discoveries at Adair Cabin
On May 29th, we reported on the beginning of an excavation project at Adair Cabin in Kansas. Today, we learn about the findings from the field school:
Silver-plated fork with the initials FBA (Florella Adair...
Excavations at Grand Contraband Slavery Camp
Archaeologists are now digging on the site known as the Grand Contraband Camp where low-cost housing was torn down two years ago in downtown Hampton, VA.
The crew started with three test plots. In one...
37 Historic Preservation Grants Awarded to Tennessee Projects
Bill Haslam, governor of Tennessee, and the Tennessee Historical Commission announced Tuesday that 37 Historic Preservation Fund grants have been awarded to community organizations from the Historic Preservation Fund for programs and activities that support...
Excavations Underway for Site with Mysterious Shell Ring
University of North Florida archaeologists and students have begun excavations on a site where the First Coast Native American Timucuan tribe’s ancestors left behind a 65-meter-wide ring of shells. First discovered in 1974, the...
Excavations at Chatsworth Plantation in Louisiana
A recent excavation of the old sugar mill at the 575-acre Chatsworth Plantation in south Baton Rouge has revealed an array of artifacts that help provide clues to archaeologists to what life was like...
Locals Dispute Over Guinea Community Artifacts
In a local dispute over artifact ownership, The Dutchess County Historical Society (New York) is now seeking the return of artifacts from the Bard College professor that was hired to oversee an archaeological excavation...
Champion of Hopewell Archaeology Passes at 63
Images and text courtesy of NPS Midwest Archaeological Center Facebook page.
It is with sad and heavy hearts that we must announce that Dr. Mark Lynott passed away last week. Mark was the former manager and...
Local Teenagers Thought to Have Damaged Petroglyph Site
On May 23, local news reporter and "story teller" Kevin Torres did a segment on the recent vandalism at a Native American petroglyph site near Del Norte, Colorado.
In the video, Torres went to the...
Previously Recorded Site Now Appears to be Missing
A series of American Indian wooden shelters located about 20 miles northwest of Billings, Montana has been discovered missing from the BLM landscape where they once stood.
The structures had been nominated to the National Register...
Students Survey Madison Buffalo Jump State Park
Thursday, May 29 marked the final day of a two-week field survey completed by archaeologist and University of Montana Associate Professor of Archaeology, Doug MacDonald and UM students. They documented features within the 640-acre...