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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

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

The Canyon Creek Station: A True Story of Heritage Heroes

On October 22, 2015, the Stanley and Mildred Norstebon Family Trust donated a 1 acre parcel holding the Canyon Creek Station to the...

Idaho BLM Celebrates Heritage Heroes Award Winner

Please join IAS in congratulating Carolynne Merill, winner of the BLM 2017 Heritage Heroes award! Carolynne has been a volunteer with BLM...

Best of Boise - Best Dig: The Hayman House archaeology project

Staff Pick One of our favorite events of 2015 focused on the Hayman House—what we called "a house of stone with a heart of gold." More...

Fishing for the First Americans

On 17 September, a catamaran will set off into the Pacific Ocean on a week-long cruise back to the Pleistocene. Laden with sonar...

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...

Trash to Treasure in Canyon County: Celebration Park Turns 25

In 1990, Canyon County Parks and Waterways Director Tom Bicak and then-Sheriff Gary Putnam rode motorcycles to a bluff overlooking the...

Buttes Provide Glimpse into Eastern Idaho's Past

eastern Idaho's distant past, if you know what to look for. Today, the Arco desert is a sparse expanse filled with sagebrush, dust and...

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...

INL Archaeologists Work to Preserve WWII B-24 Liberator crash site (Updated News Story)

The great expanse of Idaho National Laboratory's 890 square miles is home to both prehistoric and modern history. Some of that history is...