by Jesse Bain The Rio Bravo Archaeological Survey (RBAS), which operates in Belize under a permit issued from the Institute of Archaeology to Dr. Fred Valdez, Director of the Programme for Belize Archaeological Project (PfBAP), is essentially a Maya archaeology field school that trains students in archaeological field methods within the context of a state-of-the-art […]
by Richard Adams1 and Connor Johnen2 In the summers of 1969 and 1970, two Colorado State University students (Vaughn Hadenfeldt and Phillip Foss, Jr.) prospected for high altitude archaeological sites in Wyoming’s Wind River Range. They recorded 19 prehistoric high altitude sites and wrote a 100 page term paper on the project in 1971 for the late Anthropology […]
by Dr. Jason LaBelle, Hallie Meeker, and Aaron Whittenburg Dr. LaBelle’s Center for Mountain and Plains Archaeology (CMPA) had an active summer, conducting archaeological research in a variety of ecosystems in central and northern Colorado. The crew was composed of Department of Anthropology students, Hallie Meeker, Aaron Whittenburg, and Kelton Meyer, alumna Michelle Dinkel, with Julia Kenyon […]
During the summer 2015 field season, Dr. Mark Mitchell, Research Director of the Paleocultural Research Group, was asked to run the Department of Anthropology Archaeology Field School with the assistance of Chris Johnston and Julia Kenyon, two graduate students working with Dr. Jason LaBelle, Associate Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Anthropology. The field […]
As Appearing in Heritage Daily | April 2014 THE SUBLIME SOUNDS OF A JINGLING RATTLE SILENCED FOR MORE THAN 500 YEARS HELPS TELL THE STORY OF AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION IN WESTERN MEXICO AND TIES TOGETHER MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS OF DISCOVERY BY A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS LED BY A COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY ARCHAEOLOGIST. The copper and bronze […]
Our students have opportunities unlike many across the university. Each summer, we offer a number of unique experiences that allow them to apply the skills they are learning in the classroom in a real-world setting by taking to the field. Graduate student, Hallie Meeker, participated in a couple of different field opportunities this past summer […]
Some of the most inhospitable land in the world is found in Nicaragua. Home of the most poisonous snakes on the planet, deadliest spiders and angry, stinging plants. It also happens to be home to an ancient city, known to many as la Ciudad Blanca, or the White City. There has been much speculation […]
CSU masters graduate, Francois Dengah, was recently honored as a recipient of the Richard A. Krause Award. This honor is in recognition of “outstanding accomplishments in teaching, research, and service by a graduate student.” Dengah is pictured at left in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, while conducting field work. A current doctoral student at the University of Alabama, […]