The Jefferson Exchange

The archaeologists show the public how it's done


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A sample of the tools used for the hand mapping of the site. CREDIT: CHELSEA ROSE(CHELSEA ROSE)

Grab a shovel and start digging. That's how archaeology works, right? Wrong, and we have a few people willing to talk about the correct way to go about it. Southern Oregon Historical Society and our partners at the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology team up for Archaeology Night at Hanley Farm near Medford on August 29th.

It's an evening of demonstrations and explanations and lessons in thinking like an archaeologist. Chelsea Rose, our Underground History host from SOULA, joins in a conversation about the event, accompanied by SOHS Curator Anna Sloan.

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The Jefferson ExchangeBy Mike Green