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.

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

Mining on the Malheur National Forest

By the Blue Mountain Ranger District, Malheur National Forest

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)

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

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

side view of the Burnside Bridge on a sunny day

Views from Burnside Bridge

video by Architectural Heritage Center

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

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

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

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)

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

Where History Comes Alive

by the Polk County Historical Society

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

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

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

By the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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

How Well Do You Know Your Dam Columbia River History?

video and quiz by FCRPS Cultural Resource Program

Portland’s Forest Park: A Historical Look

Video created by Dudek

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