Chelsea Rose
Chelsea Rose is a historical archaeologist who focuses on the settlement and development of the American West. Rose is the director of the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA) and is a principal investigator in the award-winning Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project (OCDP). Rose regularly works with the media, students, and community volunteers in an effort to promote archaeological awareness and encourage historical stewardship. Rose serves on the board of the Oregon Historical Quarterly, and is host of the award-winning Underground History podcast, which is a collaboration with Jefferson Public Radio. Rose has been featured in books and magazines promoting STEM education, she was a guest co-editor of the Oregon Historical Quarterly issue dedicated to the Chinese diaspora, and co-edited Chinese Diaspora Archaeology in North America, available from the University Press at Florida.
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For most of us, there is a soundtrack to our lives. Songs from our childhoods, our weddings, or the background for the big and small events, parties, and road trips that shape us. Music is inherently ephemeral, and often only made available to archaeologists via ancient instruments or illustrations, but archaeological investigations from a former commune in Northern California have provided an exciting opportunity to explore the “sonic debris” from the mid-20th century. -
Underground History host Chelsea Rose visits with Nate Pedersen, author of "Pseudo Science: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them." -
Chelsea Rose talks with researchers offer historical context and education about the history of Black Americans in Oregon.
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Chelsea Rose digs into the recent past in this episode of Underground History.
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Underground History investigates 19th century canneries operated by Chinese-Americans.
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Underground History digs deep into the colonial past of the Pacific Northwest.
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The Alta Heritage Foundation sends trained dogs and archaeologists to homes burnt by wildfires to recover cremains left inside. There is never a cost to the families.
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America's favorite tuber has a long history in our region, including the 1950s invention of the tater tot in Oregon.
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Underground History recently participated in an international effort to promote “RealArchaeology.” This coordinated media blitz was done in response to the rise of pseudoarchaeology and scientific conspiracy theories, as well as to amplify resources where real archaeological content was being produced and shared, and to both pre- and de-bunk false stories and theories that are circulating. Archaeologists certainly aren’t the only ones on the firing lines in what is becoming an increasingly post-truth era, but there are real concerns, and consequences, when false historical narratives gain traction. -
Southern Oregon Historical Society archives contain a legacy of landscapes from 19th century painters.
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Chelsea Rose talks with renowned Egyptologist Arto Belekdanian
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Indigenous natives know the generational history and culture of this land.
