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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

Utah archaeologists help to restore the land of the Bear River Massacre

New museum curator excited to bring east Idaho’s past to light

Archaeological Dig Uncovers the 'Other Side' of Boise History

Animal bones, 13 marbles, shoe leather, ceramic shards, a cherry pitter, and the remains of what may be the oldest Basque racket court in...

Reporter's Notebook: Snooping Around the River Street Archaeological Dig

At 10 minutes to noon, University of Idaho Associate Professor of Anthropology Mark Warner walked from dig site to dig site at the urban...

Archaeologists Dig Up History at the Old Fort Boise

BOISE -- A group of archaeologists and volunteers are in the middle of a historical dig in Boise. They're excavating under the front...

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...

Sand Creek Byway Archaeological Project

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

Archaeologists Dig into Sandpoint's Past

SANDPOINT, IDAHO – Sandpoint has a colorful history, not all of which is highlighted in the town’s historical writings. There are gaps in...

Dig Hunts for Clues to City's Past

That includeslocal accounts of the Chinese and Japanese workers who built the area's railroads and the women who lived in the "Restricted...