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Brown Bag Webinar: Echoes of the Ninth and Twenty-Fourth: The Buffalo Soldier Heritage Trail

Chris McFarland April 21, 2025

Echoes of the Ninth and Twenty-Fourth: The Buffalo Soldier Heritage Trail Presented by Ian Wright, UCSS Program Manager and Lexi Little, UCSS Program Operations Coordinator …

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Brown Bag Webinar: Utah History Made Easy

Chris McFarland April 21, 2025

Utah History Made Easy – How to Acccess Utah’s Architectural Treasures Online Presented by Deb Miller, Utah SHPO Records Manager Searching for an easy (and …

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Sharing Utah’s Cultural Heritage: A Collaboration between the Archaeological Conservancy and SHPO’s Archaeology Grant

The Archaeological Conservancy has long been dedicated to preserving significant archaeological sites for research, education, and community engagement. With a recent Archaeology Grant from Utah’s …

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Society for American Archaeology – Annual Meeting

Chris McFarland March 13, 2025

 The 90th Annual Meeting will be held April 23–April 27, 2025, in Denver, Colorado. The program is composed of general sessions, symposia, forums, lightning rounds, …

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Colorado Archaeological Society Presents: On the Trail of Fremont Shield-Bearers

Chris McFarland March 13, 2025

On the Trail of Fremont Shield-Bearers: If you’ve been hiking through any of the canyons in western Colorado and eastern Utah you likely have seen …

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From Canton: Utah’s Chinese Railroad Stories

Chris McFarland March 13, 2025

Archaeologists have spent the last decade working to uncover the largely forgotten stories of Chinese railroad workers in Utah, whether on the Transcontinental Railroad in …

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Beer Bottles and Cartridges: Archaeology of Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City lecture given by Christopher Merritt

Chris McFarland March 13, 2025

Park City Museum will host a lecture called Beer Bottles and Cartridges: Archaeology of Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City given by Christopher Merritt on …

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Preserving Utah’s Industrial Past: The Stockton Kilns Protection Project

The Stockton Kilns—also known as the Waterman Coking Ovens—stand as a reminder of the state’s 19th-century industrial history. Built around 1873 and in operation until …

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Historic Gilsonite Mining Site Documentation

Chris McFarland March 4, 2025

The Uintah Basin is a prominent home for Gilsonite mining and is one of the largest Gilsonite deposits in the world. Many mid-nineteenth century mining towns still have remnants of …

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Prehistoric Antelope Trap Site Documentation

Chris McFarland March 4, 2025

UCSS stewards are headed north to assist Utah’s Trust Lands Administration with the documentation of a historic antelope trap. Volunteers will spend the day working alongside …

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Spatial Patterns in Rock Imagery: Shield Iconography in Eastern Utah

By Madalyn Johnson, Public Archaeology Intern Rock imagery (more commonly referred to as rock art) is likely one of the first things you think of …

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Danger Cave Tour

Take a look at this fantastic Archaeology and Historic Preservation Month event and get ready for May 2025. Every year in Utah, organizations around the …

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