All Exhibits

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.

mason jars with dried grains, legumes and nuts

Cooking with Archaeology

Videos by Portland State University Student Evan Charlone

GeoVisions and the relationship with sacred Chúush as a Tribally Centered Cultural Resource Management Firm

Video and blog by GeoVisions

Wapato Zine

Blog by Chloe Clark (PSU student)

Fort Vancouver in 3D: Photogrammetry of Waterfront Artifacts

3D Scans by Devin C. Martin (PSU Student)

a collage of images - a group stands outside a can holding a banner that reads 'Northern Great Basin Archaeological Field School'. A black and white image of a large group around a campfire at night. A woman collects data from a rock outcropping.

Archaeology on Tap

Archaeology on Tap, Presentation recording from the 2022 Archaeology Roadshow

Field Museum - 1910 Photo of logs being deposited into the holding pond at the town of Palmer

Waterlogged – Water Use During Historic Logging Activities at Bridal Veil Lumbering Company

Video by the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area

Diver drawing underwater; photo by Viv Hamilton

Underwater Archaeology

An activity created by Portland State University Student Stephanie Pipgras

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

Tribal Canoe Lifeways

A PANEL PRESENTATION by SAM ROBINSON (Chinook Indian Nation), RENEA PERRY (Tlingit, Inupiat, Norwegian), and JORDAN MERCIER (Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde). , Presentation recording from the 2022 Archaeology Roadshow

Conversations About Culture: Ancient Pottery

Video by Laurel Diciuccio (PSU student)

Battle Rock Oregon, photo by Kassandra Rippee

Historic Preservation at Battle Rock, Port Orford Oregon

Video created by Coquille Indian Tribe

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

Unknown person standing outdoors in front of Mt. Hood Photo by Grant Benesh

A Practical Guide to Preservation

Created by Portland State University Student A. V.

Mystery of the Missing Wapato in the Northern Great Basin

Video by Lane Community College and the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History

painting of a shipwreck and stunning orange sunset; oil painting by Francis Danby c.1850

Ship: Wrecked – A Choose Your Own Adventure Book!

Activity by Ceilidh Wolfe and Madison Hill (PSU Students)

A painting based on a USFWS photo of the Coquille River by Rand Michie

Ni-les’tun: A Look Back in Time

Created by Portland State University Student Rand Michie

Strata: Portraits of Humanity

Video by the Archaeological Legacy Institute

Linear tailing pilings at the Ah Yee placer mine. Photo by Tatiana Watkins, USFS.

Ah Heng Placer Mine Virtual Site Tour

By the Malheur National Forest

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

Adam Hudson inside an excavation unit on the shoreline of Lake Chewaucan

There’s something fishy in the Great Basin: a 15,000-year-long environmental record of endemic tui chub from the Paisley Caves, Oregon

Adam Hudson, U.S. Geological Survey, Presentation recording from the 2022 Archaeology Roadshow

The Dis of Björkö

An interactive story created by Portland State University Student Sara Oram

Indigenous People leading the Williamson-Abbot Expedition to a bountiful Camp in the Cascade Mountains. Original sketch by John Young, U.S. Pacific Railroad Survey, 1857. Reproduction provided by Smithsonian Institution.

The Scars of History: Mapping Oregon’s Cascade Mountains

Video by the Oregon Heritage Tree Program

Clovis Age Artifacts in Southeastern Oregon

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

Soundscape of the Columbia River

Sound recordings by John Patterson (PSU Student)

Rainbow at Tualatin River NWR by Carli Hirschman USFWS

A Bird’s Eye View: Waterways and Lifeways on Oregon’s National Wildlife Refuges

StoryMap by Patrick Rennaker and Virginia Parks, Archaeologists, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Floatation Analysis At Paulina Lake

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

Tells & the Wonderful World of Earthworks

Video by Portland State University Student Pete Bensen

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

side view of the Burnside Bridge on a sunny day

Views from Burnside Bridge

video by Architectural Heritage Center

black and white sketch of Grave Creek Bridge, Josephine County (Wolf Creek) licensed by Adobe Stock

A Splash of Illustrations: Celebrating Historic Bridges of Western Oregon

Activity and blog by Rachel Tilbury (PSU Student)

Make Your Own Field Journal! Migration Edition

An activity created by Portland State University Student Amaya Varma

Bonneville Power Administration and Cultural Resources

Videos by the Bonneville Power Administration

a woman with a long red braid admires a wapato plant

Wapato for the People

Blog by Melissa Darby of Lower Columbia Research & Archaeology LLC

What Kind of Archaeologist Are You?

A quiz created by Portland State University Students Joey Burns, Jenna Jula and Shelby Larson

Archaeology and Video Games

Achi Ikeda, Portland State University, 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

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

Beautiful Landscape of Grand Canyon from Desert View Point with the Colorado River visible during dusk

Archaeological Discovery Through Erosion

Video and blog by Heather Alley (PSU student)

Overlay of Historic BLM Maps over Fern Ridge

Landscapes Through Time: Now and Then

StoryMap by Travis Anglin-Dodd and Nathan Jereb (PSU Students)

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

A map created by Gregory Post, Heejun Chang, and David Banis.

The Spatial Relationship Between Disappeared Streams and Residential Development in Portland, Oregon, USA

Blog by Gregory (Grisha) Post, Heejun Chang and David Banis, Portland State University Department of Geography

How Well Do You Know Your Dam Columbia River History?

video and quiz by FCRPS Cultural Resource Program

OAS – 70 Years of Service & Education

Video by the Oregon Archaeological Society

Guided Video Tour of Kam Wah Chung

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

North Wall of the Sodhouse Ranch, Stone Cellar (FWS)

Historic Preservation of the Stone Cellar at Sodhouse Ranch within Malheur NWR

Blog by Karla Mingus, Zone Archaeologist U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

a forensic anthropologist trowels in an excavation unit

Introduction to Forensic Anthropology

Video by Western Oregon University Forensic Anthropology

Net Weight Manufacture and Use in the Pacific Northwest

Blog and Videos by Archaeological Investigations Northwest, Inc.

Mining on the Malheur National Forest

By the Blue Mountain Ranger District, Malheur National Forest

Grand Ronde Cultural Policy Analyst and tribal member, Greg Archuleta walks into the forest of Marys Peak

Waters of the People: Take a journey through the naming process of creeks on Marys Peak with the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde

A StoryMap by the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde

Valle de Willamette Loteria

Activity by Drew Haven, Melody Midkiff, and Daniela Ortiz Mendez (PSU students)

Historic Preservation of the P-Ranch Beef Wheel within Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

By the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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

Oregon’s Water: What Coyote Can Teach Us

Video recorded live December 8, 2021 as part of the Champinefu Webinar Series

Portland’s Forest Park: A Historical Look

Video created by Dudek

Loteria Card images created by Melody Midkiff and Drew Haven. Wapato and Beaver drawing created by Chloe Clark

An Introduction to the Willamette Valley Historical Ecology Project

Blog by Shelby Larson (PSU student)

Intertidal clam garden from coastal British Columbia

The Clam Garden Network: Exploring the social and ecological contexts of clam management in the past, present, and future

Dana Lepofsky, Simon Fraser University, Presentation recording from the 2022 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

Dr. Hibbards House, photo taken by Jacob Arnzen, 2021

Auto Tour Of Historic Homes In The City of Burns, Oregon

By the Harney County Historical Society

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

Lost Ships, Lost Sailors: Mystery Wrecks of the Pacific Northwest

Scott Williams, Washington State Department of Transportation, Presentation recording from the 2022 Archaeology Roadshow

Indigenous Women and Pre-Contact Rock Art in the Northern Plains Region

Emily Van Alst, Indiana University, Presentation recording from the 2022 Archaeology Roadshow

Ask an Archaeologist: Connley Caves with Katelyn Mcdonough

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

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.

A man carries a little boy through waste deep flood waters. The little boy looks into the camera with his arms around the man's nek. Image courtesy The Columbian.

The Legacy of the Vanport Flood Told Through Music

Video and blog by Jarod Pereda (PSU student)

An archaeologist records data on a tablet while observing a rectangular excavation unit

Archaeology of a Pandemic Hospital

Blog by the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

Archaeological Resources Protection Act 101

By the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Ancestral Skills & Friction Fire

Video by Rewild Portland

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

Where History Comes Alive

by the Polk County Historical Society

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

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

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

Hand drawn photo by Alyssa Flynn of an ivory fishhook from Cape Espenberg in Alaska

Food For Thought

A Short Story and Illustrations by Portland State University Student Alyssa Flynn

The inside of the Piscina Mirabilis in Miseno, Naples Italy, photo by David Millard

The Piscina Mirabilis: Water for Misenum

Blog by John Allen (University of Sheffield, Material Sciences, retired) and David Millar (University College, Dublin University, Computer Systems Engineering, retired)

Rock Art Recording

Video by the Oregon Archaeological Society

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

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

Tim Stuart (left), member of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, stands at the base of Nuu-k’wii-daa-naa~-ye with his nephew, Nayson Tooya Stuart, and sister, Tiffany Stuart. Photograph courtesy of Outdoor History Consulting.Videos produced by Outdoor History Consulting: David-Paul B. Hedberg, producer and editor, James Krzmarzick Videographer

Nuu-k’wii-daa-naa~-ye ‘Our Ancestor’ in the Forest: How a community named and honored a 400 year old Sitka Spruce

Video by the Oregon Heritage Tree Program

bull flat viewed through gatehouse window

The Dam Fiasco at Bull Flat: a look back at the 1913-1914 Tumalo Project

Mike Berry, Deschutes County Historical Society, Presentation recording from the 2022 Archaeology Roadshow

cam creek with snow on the ground, no grass visible

Sink or Swim: Aquatic Restoration on the Malheur National Forest

Blog by the Blue Mountain Ranger District, Malheur National Forest

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Ni-les’tun: A Look Back in Time

Created by Portland State University Student Rand Michie

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

Views from Burnside Bridge

video by Architectural Heritage Center

Oregon’s Water: What Coyote Can Teach Us

Video recorded live December 8, 2021 as part of the Champinefu Webinar Series

Floatation Analysis At Paulina Lake

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

Ancestral Skills & Friction Fire

Video by Rewild Portland

Indigenous Perspectives on Archaeology and Heritage

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

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

Archaeological Resources Protection Act 101

By the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

OAS – 70 Years of Service & Education

Video by the Oregon Archaeological Society

The Piscina Mirabilis: Water for Misenum

Blog by John Allen (University of Sheffield, Material Sciences, retired) and David Millar (University College, Dublin University, Computer Systems Engineering, retired)