Trigger on Northeastern Archaeology
The archaeology of the Northeast has not been characterized by any spectacular breakthroughs in the study of prehistoric social or…
Hidden Cave Vandalized
Spray paint and bullets were used to deface Hidden Cave, a major archaeological site on BLM land in Nevada. A…
Race Horse to be Excavated, Reburied, by Archaeologists
Thoroughbred racehorse Native Diver, who was buried at the Hollywood Park racetrack in California after his death in 1967, is…
Hildegarde Howard on Trowelblazers
Just discovered this site, and it looks to be quite good. Start with their post on paleontologist Hildegarde Howard, because…
“Fountain of Youth” Site Artifacts to be Curated by U. Florida
Artifacts from the early Spanish site in St. Augustine, Florida (associated with Pedro Menendez de Aviles, not Ponce de Leon)…
William Ritchie Displays the Tools of Archaeology
Archaeologist William Ritchie (left) in 1949 at what is now the Rochester Museum and Science Center. Photo source: Monroe County…
Mounds at Lamoka?
Not that we know of. But in 1898, in The Lake Country: An Annal of Days of Old in Central…
Spinning Passenger Pigeon Bone
The Virtual Curation Laboratory at Virginia Commonwealth University has just posted a 3-D scanned image of a passenger pigeon bone.…
New Exhibit on the Passenger Pigeon
The Harvard Museum of Natural History has just open a new exhibit, Final Flight: the Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon.…