2021 Exhibits & Recorded Presentations

Welcome to the Archaeology Roadshow virtual exhibits, created by our community partners — including tribes, federal and state agencies, private companies, avocational organizations, museums, and Portland State University students.

Students gathered around an excavation unit in the middle of a neighborhood street

Archaeology of the Portland Area

Virginia L. Butler, Portland State University, Part of the 2021 Archaeology Roadshow

Archaeology and Video Games

Achi Ikeda, Portland State University, Part of the 2021 Archaeology Roadshow

Archaeologists work at an excavation site on beach

Scotland’s Coastal Heritage at Risk

A talk by Tom Dawson, University of St Andrews, Part of the 2021 Archaeology Roadshow

Indigenous Perspectives on Archaeology and Heritage

A panel by Indigenous leaders from the Burns Paiute Tribe, Chinook Indian Nation, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, and Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Part of the 2021 Archaeology Roadshow

Multnomah Lodge is protected by fire workers during the Eagle Creek Fire

Fire Archaeology: Heritage, Cultural and Tribal Resources and Wildland Fire Suppression

A talk by Paul Claeyssens, Part of the 2021 Archaeology Roadshow

Archaeology on Tap: 4 Half Hour Presentations on Eastern Oregon’s Ancient and More Recent History

4, Half Hour Presentations on Eastern Oregon’s Ancient and More Recent History, Part of the 2021 Archaeology Roadshow

hand drawn anthropomorphic images on rock wall

Archaeological Oddities: A Field Guide to the Most Improbable Sites in North America

A talk by Ken Feder, Central Connecticut State University, Part of the 2021 Archaeology Roadshow

One Block Through Time The History and Archaeology of The Dalles Chinatown

A talk by Jacqueline Cheung and Eric Gleason, Part of the 2021 Archaeology Roadshow

a collection of arrowheads made from different kinds of rock

Finding Common Ground Between Archaeologists and Collectors: A Case Study from Northwest Oregon

A talk by Katie Tipton, Portland State University, Part of the 2021 Archaeology Roadshow

a gloved hand uses a brush to clean off an obsidian artifact in an excavation unit

Private Landowners as Stewards of Oregon Heritage: Learning from an Important Stone Tool Cache Found on Private Property in the Willamette Valley

A talk by A talk by John Pouley, Oregon State Archaeologist, State Historic Preservation Office, Part of the 2021 Archaeology Roadshow

A person in a full body protective suit examines an artifact

From Anatolia to Oregon – What Ancient Poop Can Tell Us About the Lives of Our Ancestors

A talk by Lisa-Marie Shillito, Newcastle University Part of the 2021 Archaeology Roadshow

Ancestral Skills & Friction Fire

Video by Rewild Portland

an archaeologist work a piece of stone into an arrowhead in a process called flintknapping

Artifacts Versus Natural Objects: How Do We Know?

Video by Archaeological Investigations Northwest, Inc.

mason jars with dried grains, legumes and nuts

Cooking with Archaeology

Videos by Portland State University Student Evan Charlone

image includes student and instructor in front of rock art site discussing rock art

RockArt & Global Consciousness: Communication Graphics & Understanding

Video by Portland State University Student J. Wallace

Tells & the Wonderful World of Earthworks

Video by Portland State University Student Pete Bensen

Guided Video Tour of Kam Wah Chung

Video by the Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department

Black and white photos of Bridal Veil Loggers sawing through a large tree

Bridal Veil Lumbering Company Camp A

Video by Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area

Floatation Analysis At Paulina Lake

Video by Arden Lynch, grade 9, Logan Gose, grade 7, Connor Lynch grade 6

a forensic anthropologist trowels in an excavation unit

Introduction to Forensic Anthropology

Video by Western Oregon University Forensic Anthropology

photo of a B24 plane from behind as it turns through a cloudy sky

WW II B24 Crash in the Pueblo Mountains of Southeastern Oregon

Video by Scott Thomas, Retired Bureau of Land Management District Archaeologist

Student Archaeologist holds a rusted artifact toward the camera

A Virtual Tour of the Ah Heng Mining Complex

A story map by Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology

The largest and most complete 450 year old ceramic pot from the Lost Dune Site, reconstructed, with many pieces missing

Late Prehistoric Bison Hunters in Southeastern Oregon

Video by Scott Thomas, Retired Bureau of Land Management District Archaeologist

Clovis Age Artifacts in Southeastern Oregon

Video by Scott Thomas, Retired Bureau of Land Management District Archaeologist

Strata: Portraits of Humanity

Video by the Archaeological Legacy Institute

Bonneville Power Administration and Cultural Resources

Videos by the Bonneville Power Administration

OAS – 70 Years of Service & Education

Video by the Oregon Archaeological Society

Ask an Archaeologist: Connley Caves with Katelyn Mcdonough

By the University of Oregon Field School and the BLM of Washington/Oregon

Dorothy (Brunk) Davis in 1912 - Polk County Historical Society

Where History Comes Alive

by the Polk County Historical Society

Battle Rock Oregon, photo by Kassandra Rippee

Historic Preservation at Battle Rock, Port Orford Oregon

Video created by Coquille Indian Tribe

Portland’s Forest Park: A Historical Look

Video created by Dudek

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Introduction to Forensic Anthropology

Video by Western Oregon University Forensic Anthropology

Where History Comes Alive

by the Polk County Historical Society

Strata: Portraits of Humanity

Video by the Archaeological Legacy Institute

Archaeology and Video Games

Achi Ikeda, Portland State University, Part of the 2021 Archaeology Roadshow

Ask an Archaeologist: Connley Caves with Katelyn Mcdonough

By the University of Oregon Field School and the BLM of Washington/Oregon

Bridal Veil Lumbering Company Camp A

Video by Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area

Archaeological Oddities: A Field Guide to the Most Improbable Sites in North America

A talk by Ken Feder, Central Connecticut State University, Part of the 2021 Archaeology Roadshow

Private Landowners as Stewards of Oregon Heritage: Learning from an Important Stone Tool Cache Found on Private Property in the Willamette Valley

A talk by A talk by John Pouley, Oregon State Archaeologist, State Historic Preservation Office, Part of the 2021 Archaeology Roadshow