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Professor Mark Warner brings archaeology to the people

UI students dig for history in their backyard

Carbon dating shows humans were living in western Idaho 2,500 years earlier than previously thought

Idaho Archaeological Society Annual Conference Hosted At CWI Sees Great Turnout

Archaeologists Dig Up Unusual Relics From Boise's History

BOISE — A porcelain-toothed dollhead so creepy archaeologists took to calling it "Chuckie" after the murderous movie doll. Intact bottles...

Basque Museum Workers Discover Hidden Well

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Archeological dig taking place in the Basque Block

BOISE -- A big dig is going down in the Basque Block in downtown Boise, over 100 years after the Basque community settled here. In a...

Historical Archaeology at the Basque Block, Boise

The Cyrus Jacobs-Uberuaga Boarding House is one of the few remaining examples of Basque boardinghouses in the West and it is a part of...

Suzann Henrikson, Archaeologist for the Bureau of Land Management, Talks about the Potential for Fur

IDAHO FALLS – A few miles west of Idaho Falls lie three caves and an archaeological legacy that Suzann Henrikson can’t let go. The U.S....

Prehistoric Archaeology at Kelly Creek

University of Idaho archaeologists excavating a prehistoric site in the Clearwater National Forest are turning up evidence of site use as...

Sand Creek Byway Archaeological Project

The resulting archaeological project was unprecedented; it is arguably the largest project in Idaho’s history, presenting archaeologists...

Rock Climbers Left in the Dark

AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho — A hearing on closing rock formations near Massacre Rocks State Park to climbing became shrouded in mystery...

Researchers Dig for Clues of Early Life at INL Site

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – Before Idaho National Laboratory existed, before the vast fields of potatoes, the key feature of eastern Idaho's...

600-year-old Artifact Found in Hells Canyon

BOISE, Idaho – A hiker stumbled upon a really old piece of Idaho history in Hells Canyon. Now, archaeologists know just how old it is. It...