/tags/archaeology archaeology en-US Copyright Wed, 15 Jan 2025 17:30:07 GMT /history/2025-01-15/underground-history-the-truth-is-out-there Underground History recently participated in an international effort to promote “RealArchaeology.” This coordinated media blitz was done in response to the rise of pseudoarchaeology and scientific conspiracy theories, as well as to amplify resources where real archaeological content was being produced and shared, and to both pre- and de-bunk false stories and theories that are circulating. Archaeologists certainly aren’t the only ones on the firing lines in what is becoming an increasingly post-truth era, but there are real concerns, and consequences, when false historical narratives gain traction. Wed, 15 Jan 2025 17:30:07 GMT /history/2025-01-15/underground-history-the-truth-is-out-there Chelsea Rose /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-07-11/underground-history-its-getting-hot-in-here Thu, 11 Jul 2024 15:38:58 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-07-11/underground-history-its-getting-hot-in-here Chelsea Rose /history/2023-12-22/underground-history-history-that-can-kill-you Arsenic in green dresses? Lead in make-up? Mercury in feather hats? Oh my. The Underground History podcast has recently been chatting with experts on the many ways toxins and dangerous—and sometimes just gross—things can make their way into museums or even our homes. Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:14:54 GMT /history/2023-12-22/underground-history-history-that-can-kill-you Chelsea Rose /history/2023-11-06/underground-history-summer-field-trips This past summer Underground History did something a little different. In order to continue to explore ways in which we can connect our listeners to history and heritage, we decided to bring the show on the road! Mon, 06 Nov 2023 18:27:49 GMT /history/2023-11-06/underground-history-summer-field-trips Chelsea Rose /science-technology/2022-11-25/archeologists-use-canine-forensics-to-find-cremated-remains-after-wildfire After wildfire season ends in the Western U.S., those who lost their homes begin sifting through what’s left to recover as much as they can. After the McKinney Fire this past summer, a team of trained dogs and archeologists helped recover cremated remains left in urns that were lost in the fire. Fri, 25 Nov 2022 13:45:14 GMT /science-technology/2022-11-25/archeologists-use-canine-forensics-to-find-cremated-remains-after-wildfire Roman Battaglia /history/2021-10-26/digging-into-the-history-of-a-19th-century-southern-oregon-brewery The Pacific Northwest is rightfully proud of its thriving microbrewery scene. Most beer lovers probably consider the rise of craft brewing a phenomenon of the past few decades. But the first brewpubs in the Northwest date so far back that archaeologists were called in to excavate the remnants of one in Jacksonville, Oregon. Tue, 26 Oct 2021 12:49:14 GMT /history/2021-10-26/digging-into-the-history-of-a-19th-century-southern-oregon-brewery Tom Banse /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-04-14/the-city-that-isnt-burning-mans-annual-rise-and-fall The festival-in-the-desert known as Burning Man will not happen this year, canceled like many events in deference to COVID-19. But it will probably be… Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:32:24 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-04-14/the-city-that-isnt-burning-mans-annual-rise-and-fall The ɫèapp Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-02-20/border-wall-blamed-for-cultural-site-destruction The border wall will be built, says the president. And the administration is letting little stand in the way, including concerns about cultural artifacts.… Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:44:16 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-02-20/border-wall-blamed-for-cultural-site-destruction The ɫèapp Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-07-12/very-new-finds-very-old-archaeology-from-space Archaeology on the ground is easy to understand: dig in the ground, find something, carefully--very carefully--remove it from the ground, analyze, repeat.… Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:23:52 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-07-12/very-new-finds-very-old-archaeology-from-space The ɫèapp Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-04-30/tracking-the-extinct-giants-of-oregon Giants once roamed the Earth in our region. Mammoths and mastodons, elephant-like creatures, were common until humans hunted them to extinction. Evidence… Mon, 30 Apr 2018 17:38:53 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-04-30/tracking-the-extinct-giants-of-oregon Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich