Van Buren Bridge: Presentations at the NWAC
Archaeology MNCH Presentations at the Northwest Anthropological Conference by Linda Hart and Becky Raines Two members of the Archaeological Research Division staff, Marlene Jampolsky and Carly Watters, presented at the joint conference for the Northwest...
New Paper: Expanding the Range of the Pacific Mastodon
Archaeology Expanding the Known Range of the Pacific MastodonDr. Andrew Boehm stands in front of a bison skeleton in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris, France. The Tualatin mastodon, perhaps the most well-known mastodon fossil in Oregon, is at the...
Archaeology: Willamette Valley Redware Project
The archaeological research division is working on something exciting!
Artifact Spotlight: Glass Stopper
Artifact Spotlight: Glass StopperCatalog# This glass stopper is from Corvallis, Oregon! It was unearthed in 2022, during a pause in construction of a project by Oregon Department of Transportation to replace the Van Buren Bridge. After deeming the location...
Summer Field School: Indigenous Archaeology Field Methods Summary
The Indigenous archaeology field methods course offers an alternative to traditional archaeological field schools—one that focuses on Indigenous collaboration.
Artifact Spotlight: Lusterware Porcelain
The Historic Andersen Dairy excavation unearthed this vase or sake bottle.
Artifact Spotlight: Mystery Artifact!
Who doesn’t love an archaeological mystery?
Artifact Spotlight: Mail-Order Whiskey Bottle
Artifact Spotlight: Mail-Order Whiskey BottleCatalog # 2974-T2-5-8-0001In 2022, museum archaeologists collected this fragment of a whiskey bottle from the historic Corvallis City Dump site on the east side of the Van Buren Bridge. The whiskey bottle was manufactured...
Data Recovery at the Andersen Dairy Homestead
In summer 2022, museum archaeologists began excavating a dump site near the historic Andersen Dairy.
Artifact Spotlight: Stepped Inkwell
Artifact Spotlight: Glass StopperCatalog# This inkwell, collected from the site of the 1910-1913 Corvallis City Dump, is evidence people were still dumping trash there into the 1920s! The cut glass, stepped pattern is in the Art Deco style, which was popular in the...