☛ Construction uncovers the history of Austin State Hospital
☛ 'It's Meant Everything': Tomahawk of Chief Standing Bear Returned from Harvard's Peabody Museum to Ponca Tribe
☛ Reveling in relics: Excavation continues at Willow Springs this summer
☛ Uncovering the history of Bloomingdale
☛ History comes alive for students at Sturgis preservation area
☛ At Texas Archaeological Site, Mavericks Dig Up History
☛ Multicultural dig resumes at Fort Benton in Montana
☛ 'Keeping the story relevant': former Dearfield town site shows signs of reopening
☛ Search dogs indicate possible site of lost Genoa Indian School cemetery
☛ This 12-000-Year-Old Wyoming Quarry could be North America's Oldest Mine
☛ OU, OAS to team in archaeological research
☛ Archaeological Sites provide window to Nebraska's past
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Construction uncovers the history of Austin State Hospital
Kimberly Reeves
Spectrum Local News
July 5, 2022 - https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2022/07/05/construction-uncovers-the-history-of-austin-state-hospital
'It's Meant Everything': Tomahawk of Chief Standing Bear Returned from Harvard's Peabody Museum to Ponca Tribe
Isabella B. Cho
Crimson
June 30, 2022 - https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/6/30/peabody-returns-tomahawk/
Reveling in relics: Excavation continues at Willow Springs this summer
Carrie Haderlie
Rawlins Times
Uncovering the history of Bloomingdale
Kelli Volk
Kelo
June 22, 2022 - https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/uncovering-the-history-of-bloomingdale/
History comes alive for students at Sturgis preservation area
Deb Holland
Black Hills Pioneer
At Texas Archaeological Site, Mavericks Dig Up History
Devynn Case
uta.edu News
June 13, 2022 - https://www.uta.edu/news/news-releases/2022/06/13/field-school-lemke22
Multicultural dig resumes at Fort Benton in Montana
Brett French
Billings Gazette
June 10, 2022 - https://lmtribune.com/outdoors/multicultural-dig-resumes-at-fort-benton-in-montana/article_c8a9426d-c166-585f-bb47-11fcc504f924.html
'Keeping the story relevant': former Dearfield town site shows signs of reopening
Anne Delaney
Greeley Tribune
June 1, 2022 - https://www.greeleytribune.com/2022/07/01/keeping-the-story-relevant-former-dearfield-town-site-shows-signs-of-reopening/
Search dogs indicate possible site of lost Genoa Indian School cemetery
Jessica Wade
Omaha World-Herald
This 12,000-Year-Old Wyoming Quarry Could be North America's Oldest Mine
Sarah Kuta
Smithsonian Magazine
May 24, 2022 - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wyoming-is-home-to-the-oldest-mine-on-the-continent-study-north-america-180980134/
OU, OAS to team in archaeological research
Journal Record Staff
The Journal Record
May 16, 2022 - https://journalrecord.com/2022/05/16/ou-oas-to-team-in-archaeological-research/
Archaeological Sites provide window to Nebraska's past
Nancy Gaarder
Omaha World-Herald
February 26, 2022 - https://omaha.com/news/state-and-regional/uncovering-history-archaeological-sites-provide-window-to-nebraskas-past/article_8f17d142-f01c-11eb-99ab-93cd37149941.html
Ancient coffeetrees discovered at Prehistoric Indian Village site
Erik Kaufman
Mitchell Republic
September 30, 2021 - https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/community/history/7216610-Ancient-coffeetrees-discovered-at-Prehistoric-Indian-Village-site
Local archeologists uncover artifacts during Buck O'Neil bridge replacement project
Daisha Jones
KSHB Kansas City
September 23, 2021 - https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/local-archaeologists-uncover-artifacts-during-bridge-replacement-project
A Cave With Ancient Drawings Has Been Sold, But Not To The Tribe That Hoped to Buy It
AP
September 14, 2021 - https://www.npr.org/2021/09/14/1037081978/a-missouri-cave-with-ancient-native-american-drawings-has-been-sold
Geophysical survey team investigating Fort Scott National Historic Site
By Chris Warner
KOAM News
August 3, 2021 - https://www.koamnewsnow.com/geophysical-survey-team-investigating-fort-scott-national-historic-site/
Tulsa to reinter bodies exhumed as part of Tulsa Race Massacre investigation
By Janelle Stecklein
McAlester News-Capital
Dearfield was a Booming Black Community a Century Ago. Now There's a Renewed Push to Preserve the Ghost Town that Remains.
By Bente Birkeland
Colorado Public Radio News
July 27, 2021 - https://www.cpr.org/2021/07/27/dearfield-colorado-black-history-preservation/
Archaeologists to research labor camps at historic railroad site in Sioux City
Sioux City Journal
Archaeology dig near Tie Siding yields extensive artifacts
By Even Newman
Laramie Boomerang via Wyoming News Exchange
Casper Star Tribune
July 10, 2021 - https://trib.com/outdoors/archaeology-dig-near-tie-siding-yields-extensive-artifacts/article_efaf9a00-43d4-5c48-aded-21c630339f52.html
Archaeologists surveyed Brown v. Board site for next year's field excavations. Here is what they hope to find.
By Brianna Childers
Topeka Capital-Journal
June 20, 2021 - https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/local/2021/06/20/brown-v-board-historic-site-host-archaeological-field-school/7701111002/
To find answers about the 1921 race massacre, Tulsa digs up its painful past
By Helen Thompson
Science News
May 27, 2021 - https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tulsa-1921-race-massacre-mass-grave-greenwood-archaeology-dna
A newly discovered mass grave will be excavated this summer.
New Method May Help Find Ancient Artifacts in Wyoming
By Ashley Piccone
Wyoming Public Radio
February 5, 2021 - https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/open-spaces/2021-02-05/new-method-may-help-find-ancient-artifacts-in-wyoming
ECU archeology professor, students to dig at ancient site
By Mark Bratcher
The Ada News
January 12, 2021 - https://www.theadanews.com/news/local_news/ecu-archeology-professor-students-to-dig-at-ancient-site/article_df29cbfa-7a8a-5393-90a7-a781deee8c66.html
Bison Ranch is the Final Stop on Recent Archeological Survey
By Lisa Fisher
Sandhills Express
January 5, 2021 - http://sandhillsexpress.com/local-news/bison-ranch-is-the-final-stop-on-recent-archeological-survey/
Survey Reveals Large Earthwork at Ancestral Wichita Site in Kansas
HeritageDaily
September 4, 2020 - https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/09/survey-reveals-large-earthwork-at-ancestral-wichita-site-in-kansas/134957
A Dartmouth-led study using multisensor drones has revealed a large circular earthwork at what may be Etzanoa, an archaeological site near Wichita, Kansas.
From old homes to bison bones: Oklahoma Archeological Survey provides experience for students, preserves sites
By Sam Tonkins
OUDaily
Archaeologists explore a rural field in Kansas, and a lost city emerges
By David Kelly
Los Angeles Times
August 19, 2018 - https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-kansas-lost-city-20180819-htmlstory.html