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Flint Knapping
Terry and student cutting leather with a fresh flake On Monday, Terry Ozbun from Archaeological Investigations Northwest gave a flintknapping demonstration to my intro to archaeology class. It was a...
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Fiber artifact
A student sorting bulk samples from Cape Krusenstern found this fragment of woven material earlier this week. The feature this sample is associated with dates from 300 years ago to the present day....
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Back from the Field
Back from about 5 weeks of fieldwork on the north and south sides of the Seward Peninsula and there is a lot of lab work to do! These materials are mainly from an excavation in the Port Clarence region...
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Towards an Ethical Archaeology
Post by Courtney Eastman, PSU undergraduate and Archaeology Lab Intern This winter quarter I worked with another lab intern to begin cataloging and digging through archaeological collections in the...
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Bering Strait Trade Systems – New Info from Cape Espenberg
I am a bit late in posting this “new” information about metal artifacts from research at Cape Espenberg, but another article on Cooper’s Alaskan copper research reminded me about the preliminary metal...
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Port Clarence Project Update
A long time with no posts! Despite the internet silence, there’s been a lot going on the lab. For the past 4 months, students have been working to clean and do an initial sort of animal (faunal)...
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Catch That Pepsi Spirit!
Post by John Esh, PSU undergraduate and Archaeology Lab Intern This quarter I’ve spent a good amount of time Dr. Anderson’s lab sifting through, cleaning, sorting, and labeling artifacts from her work...
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Brushing Rodent Teeth
Post by Kristin Leonard, PSU undergraduate and Archaeology Lab Intern Rodent mandible (Photo by Kristin Leonard) Every term that I have spent in Dr. Anderson’s lab has been a new learning experience....
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Meaning from Surface Finds
Post by Nate Jereb, PSU Undergraduate and Archaeology Lab Intern This is a canid skull from Port Clarence. Probably a domesticated dog (Canis lupus familiaris)(Photo by Nate Jereb). I’ve been working...
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The Bone Yard
Post by Michelle Reed, PSU Undergraduate and Archaeology Lab Intern Pelvis, Ulna and Ribs (Photo by Michelle Reed) My second quarter working in Professor Anderson’s practicum lab was spent cleaning...
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