Digging Jacksonville – Archeology in our Town
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner at the Jacksonville Chinese Quarter Site – by Katie Johnson-Noggle
Digging Jacksonville – February 2016
The Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA) excavations at the Jacksonville Chinese Quarter Site not only resulted in the recovery of thousands of household artifacts, but also tens of thousands […]
Putting Together All of the Pieces – by Chelsea Rose
Digging Jacksonville – Dec 2015/Jan 2016
For more than a year the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA) staff, students, and community volunteers have been using this column to highlight the importance of artifacts recovered […]
Artifacts 13: The Oil Candle – by Chelsea Rose
Digging Jacksonville – November 2015
As the days get cooler, shorter, and darker, it is a good time to reflect on what it must have been like to live in Jacksonville pre-electricity. There were no switches […]
Digging to the Point in Jacksonville – by Andrew Bastier
Digging Jacksonville – October 2015
The Jacksonville area is a unique melting pot of Oregon’s historical past. Whether it’s the first timeworn photographs of Peter Britt or the earliest Chinese settlement in the Pacific Northwest, Jacksonville […]
Artifacts 11: Mourning Buttons – by Carol Knapp
Digging Jacksonville – September 2015
This “mourning button” is one of the many artifacts found during repairs to my own home, the historic Booker House on South Oregon Street. Black attire, including buttons, was popularized by […]
Exciting NEWS from the trenches!
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act, each state is making a short video to highlight the importance of this act, and the archaeological research that it has supported. The […]
Artifacts 10: The Cuttlebone Conundrum – by Jorden Peery
Digging Jacksonville – August 2015
As an archaeologist, I am constantly making unlikely, but fascinating connections between my work and things that I come across every day. Perhaps the least likely of these connections came to […]
Artifacts 9: Stoneware Gin Bottles – by Chelsea Rose, MA, RPA
Digging Jacksonville – July 2015
Summer is here, and for many of us that means the season for gin and tonics and frosty mugs of beer! A recent archaeological find along First Street reminded us that […]
Artifact 8: Butchered Bear Bone – by Katie Johnson
Digging Jacksonville – June 2015
Chinese immigrants were an important part of early Jacksonville. Despite this, they were often victims of racist stereotypes both during the occupation of the Chinese Quarter, and today, through misrepresentations (or […]
Artifacts 7: Ceramics from Jacksonville’s Chinese Quarter – by Emily Helmer
Digging Jacksonville – May 2015
Imported ceramics are one of the most common artifact types found in Chinese sites in the American West, and Jacksonville’s Chinese Quarter site is no exception. A large collection of ceramic […]