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Underground History: The Aftermath Of Fire In The Lava Beds

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Fire crews work in the Lava Beds National Monument, August 2020.

The Lava Beds National Monument south of Tulelake already looks like a place that's been burned. Last summer, a real fire swept through after a series of lightning strikes ignited dry vegetation in late July.

Archaeologists are looking the place over, to see what the fire revealed. We get an overview in this month's edition of Underground History, with Chelsea Rose of the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology.

National Park Service archaeologist David Curtis visits, along with a Eric Gleason, a colleague from the agency.

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The Jefferson Exchange is Jefferson Public Radio's daily news program focused on issues, people and events across Southern Oregon and Northern California. Angela Decker is the program's senior producer, Charlie Zimmermann is the assistant producer, and Geoffrey Riley hosts the show.