Tag: Jason LaBelle
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Robert Madden: Summer 2024
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Read More: Robert Madden: Summer 2024Robert Madden Summer 2024 How Past Cultures Rolled the Dice Master’s student Robert Madden studies and documents prehistoric, Indigenous North American games of chance, dice, and gambling. As part of that work, Madden visited archival repositories at the Smithsonian and the University of Wyoming during Summer 2024 to examine and…
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Aleah Kuhr: Summer 2024
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Read More: Aleah Kuhr: Summer 2024Aleah Kuhr Summer 2024 Digging Into Porcupine Creek Nearly 45 years after Colorado State University faculty and students excavated at a Summit County archaeological site, Anthropology master’s student Aleah Kuhr and others are revisiting the area and findings. Kuhr and fellow students working with Professor Jason LaBelle and the CSU…
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Archaeology at 11,000 Feet!
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Read More: Archaeology at 11,000 Feet!Archaeology at 11,000 Feet! CSU crew surveys the high country in Rocky Mountain National Park February 15, 2023 Josh Zaffos In Summer 2023, a crew of CSU Archaeology students and alumni, led by Professor Jason LaBelle, surveyed in Rocky Mountain National Park to record evidence of past peoples’ uses of…
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Anthropology and Geography CLA Community Graduate Programs Graduate Student Research News Research & Creative ScholarshipRelease the lichen! CSU Anthropology doctoral candidate Kelton Meyer shows the power of lichen for dating archaeological sites
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Read More: Release the lichen! CSU Anthropology doctoral candidate Kelton Meyer shows the power of lichen for dating archaeological sitesRelease the lichen! CSU Anthropology doctoral candidate Kelton Meyer shows the power of lichen for dating archaeological sites in new study August 7, 2023 Joshua Zaffos CSU Anthropology doctoral candidate Kelton Meyer is enlisting some tiny organisms in the grand challenge of dating hunting sites in the Southern Rocky Mountains. In…
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Panel Explores How Anthropologists Engage with the Public
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Read More: Panel Explores How Anthropologists Engage with the PublicPanel Explores How Anthropologists Engage with the Public Joshua Zaffos A panel of Colorado State University Anthropology and Geography faculty, students and alumni discussed how and why anthropologists should be public figures and engaging with popular audiences during a virtual program on April 2. The hour-long panel, “Anth to the…
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An interview with Chris Johnston, History Colorado’s new Assistant State Archaeologist
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Read More: An interview with Chris Johnston, History Colorado’s new Assistant State ArchaeologistChris Johnston, Department of Anthropology alumnus, recently accepted the position of Assistant State Archaeologist with History Colorado. Receiving his M.A. in archaeology in the Spring of this year, Chris completed his thesis research, “Running of the Buffalo: Investigations of the Roberts Ranch Buffalo Jump (5LR100), Northern Colorado,” with Dr. Jason LaBelle…
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Faculty, alumni & students publish in Southwestern Lore
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Read More: Faculty, alumni & students publish in Southwestern LoreDr. Jason LaBelle, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and director of the Center for Mountain and Plains Archaeology, along with his graduate student and project archaeologist for PCRG (Paleocultural Research Group), Christopher Johnston, edited the recent volume of Southwestern Lore, “The Lithic Caches of Colorado,” in the Journal of…
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Moriah Ranch tells 10,000 year-old story
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Read More: Moriah Ranch tells 10,000 year-old storyOur 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…
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Jason LaBelle Receives Award for Historic Preservation
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Read More: Jason LaBelle Receives Award for Historic PreservationColorado State University Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Mountain and Plains Archaeology (CMPA), Dr. Jason LaBelle has been designated a recipient of the Stephen H. Hart Award for Historic Preservation. Named after the state’s first historic preservation officer, Stephen H. Hart, this award has honored…
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Mini-Film festival sells the house!
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Read More: Mini-Film festival sells the house!Saturday night marked a great success for Dr. Jason LaBelle and colleague Dr. Pete Seel. They debuted their documentary film, Stone and Steel at the Top of the World about the ancient hunters of the Colorado high country, the Moffat Road railway, and the amazing history that is Rollins Pass. People…