Alicia Valentino will give a training and overview of historic artifacts, in addition, trainees will receive training on how to determine identification of historic bottles. Sign up for a spot in the Google Sheet linked here by adding your email address to the designated session. Thank you to our session sponsor, PSOMAS!
Jade d'Alpoim Guedes will cover what can be learned from the analysis of paleoethnobotanical remains in archaeological sites. We will discuss how remains are preserved particularly in the context of the Pacific Northwest and how to carry out sampling for these remains and carry out low cost recovery using bucket flotation on site. We will cover what types of recovery mesh size are necessary to recover key taxa as well as sample sizes. Sign up for a spot in the Google Sheet linked here by adding your email address to the designated session. Thank you for your session sponsor, University of Washington!
Come join the Southwest Area Group (SWAG) for another fun meet-up at Broadway — Steeplejack Beer in Portland!
Once again, the event will be cosponsored by the Association for Oregon Archaeology and Portland State University Anthropology.
All are welcome to this family friendly evening of socializing with your fellow archaeologists!
Brandy Rinck, King County Parks, will give a guide to describe soils and sediments encountered during excavation with a focus on the most common deposits found in western Washington. Sign up for a spot in the Google Sheet linked here by adding your email address to the designated session. Thank you to our session sponsor, King County Parks!
Holly Borth will be presenting this session. Field technicians are often called upon to support built environment specialists during surveys and compliance work. This primer will provide a practical, accessible overview of what built environment professionals need from the techs in the field. It will cover how to recognize key architectural features, identify relevant contextual information, and produce clear, useful field notes. It will also offer guidance on taking effective, professional-quality photographs to ensure that documentation can be confidently used in evaluation and reporting. This training equips field staff with the tools to collect consistent, high-quality data, ultimately improving collaboration, reducing the need for repeat site visits, and supporting more efficient and accurate reporting. (And maybe some fun mobile home facts). Sign up for a spot in the Google Sheet linked here by adding your email address to the designated session. Thank you to our session sponsor, Willamette Cultural Resource Associates!
Brandy Rinck will review how to draw a test unit or excavation unit profile. Although not as good as doing it in the field, real life profile examples will be used virtually to look at the soils and sediments and discuss what to draw, the right notes to take, as well as other things to add. Sign up for a spot in the Google Sheet linked here by adding your email address to the designated session. Thank you to our session sponsor, King County Parks!
Sierra Harding will provide this session which will introduce the practice of implementing Inadvertent Discovery Plans (IDPs) during archaeological monitoring. We will go over the pertinent laws regulating discoveries of artifacts and human remains, look at a few common templates, and discuss how to implement an IDP while monitoring construction and other activities. Sign up for a spot in the Google Sheet linked here by adding your email address to the designated session. Thank you to our session sponsor, Dudek!
