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Chinese workers played a large part in the building of today's American West. But little more than a decade after the completion of the Transcontinental…
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Archaeology is all about trying to better understand how people lived their lives in the past. It doesn't hurt to try some of their food and drink. That's…
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It's not every day we get to witness archaeology in action. But Portland State University offers the Archaeology Roadshow, a one-day event with examples…
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We have several big anniversaries this year: 350 years since the first Africans arrived in what became the United States. 50 years since humans arrived on…
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Happy Birthday to Peter Britt! The pioneer Oregon photographer was born in Switzerland in March 1819, 200 years ago. Britt and his vast body of work is…
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The advances in technology mean practices in archaeology are evolving. It also means the methods to communicate the results of archaeology are broader…
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Archaeology tends to deal with events in the remote past. But it also has value in the present; people with skills digging carefully in the ground have…
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Underground History is one of The Jefferson Exchange's most popular segments.But why just listen on the radio? We're bringing Underground History above…
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Our regular archaeology segment, Underground History, branches out a bit this month. Consider this the first edition of its alternate: Underwater History.…
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Dig in the ground in places where people live and hang out, and you're going to find evidence of people from the past. That's why any excavation on public…