Digging Deeper: Pushing Ourselves to Engage the Public in Our Shared Heritage through Outreach and Education

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Digging Deeper: Pushing Ourselves to Engage the Public in Our Shared Heritage through Outreach and Education" at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Federal land management agencies collectively administer approximately 606 million acres of public land within the United States. Archaeologists within these agencies support the maintenance, protection, and preservation of cultural resources for present and future use, efforts that are essential to each agency’s mission. While primary duties include the management of historic and cultural resources via compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), federal archaeologists may also find themselves with the unique opportunity to spearhead public outreach and education efforts, a growing priority within the greater archaeological community. It is the responsibility of the agency archaeologists to engage the interested public—that is, the people for whom they are maintaining, protecting, and preserving these resources—in the archaeological process. Inclusion of the public through partnerships with tribes, schools, and organizations serves to make the work archaeologists do, and the resources they manage, relevant to the greater community. This symposium recognizes and emphasizes efforts in outreach and education, exhibiting a standard to be incorporated in future archaeological work.

Site Name Keywords
United Comstock Merger Mill • American Flat Mill • Virginia City National Historic Landmark • Virginia & Truckee Railroad

Site Type Keywords
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Mine • Mine-Related Structures • Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features • Railroad • Non-Domestic Structures • Ball Court • Structure • Historic Structure

Other Keywords
Cultural Resources and Heritage Management • Historic • Cultural Resource Management • Public and Community Archaeology • Cultural Heritage and Preservation • Mitigation • Exhibit • Documentary • Abandoned Railroad Grade • podcast

Culture Keywords
Historic • Euroamerican

Investigation Types
Architectural Survey • Architectural Documentation • Heritage Management

Material Types
Building Materials • Metal • architecture

Temporal Keywords
1880-1920

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • Utah (State / Territory) • Nevada (State / Territory) • California (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • USA (Country) • North America: California and Great Basin • New Mexico (State / Territory) • Oklahoma (State / Territory)

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  • The 2022 Public Archaeology Field School at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site: Decolonizing the Hudson’s Bay Company Schoolhouses (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Katie Wynia. Devin Martin. Douglas Wilson.

    This is an abstract from the "Digging Deeper: Pushing Ourselves to Engage the Public in Our Shared Heritage through Outreach and Education" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Public Archaeology Field School at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, in Vancouver, Washington, is a long-standing partnership between Portland State University, Washington State University Vancouver, and the National Park Service. The program teaches archaeological field...

  • 3D Printing and Scanning Artifacts: A Means of Public Engagement (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael Kraus.

    This is an abstract from the "Digging Deeper: Pushing Ourselves to Engage the Public in Our Shared Heritage through Outreach and Education" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 3D printing and scanning technologies may have progressed to a level where the interested public can start to affordably engage with agency archaeologists and artifacts in a new way. Simple 3D scanning applications for smartphones now allow for rendering print files of small...

  • Battle Mountain, Nevada, Annual 6th Grader Presentation by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Scott Wyatt.

    This is an abstract from the "Digging Deeper: Pushing Ourselves to Engage the Public in Our Shared Heritage through Outreach and Education" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Every spring, the Battle Mountain BLM, Mount Lewis Field Office, puts on a presentation for 6th graders from the local elementary school. The presentations are conducted at the Mill Creek Campground, approximately 30 minutes south of Battle Mountain. It is an all-day event, and...

  • Cleaning Up a Stinky Ghost Town: Developing the Townsite of Sulphur, Nevada, into a Cultural Interpretive Site (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Danielle Waite. Emma Vance.

    This is an abstract from the "Digging Deeper: Pushing Ourselves to Engage the Public in Our Shared Heritage through Outreach and Education" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Sulphur Townsite is a 400-acre, NRHP-eligible historic archaeological site in northwest Nevada. The site is managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Black Rock Field Office within the Winnemucca District. Although originally developed into a cultural interpretive site in...

  • Connecting Past with Present: Tribal Partnerships with the Yellowstone Archeology Program (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Elizabeth Horton. Jen Harrington. Dean Nicolai.

    This is an abstract from the "Digging Deeper: Pushing Ourselves to Engage the Public in Our Shared Heritage through Outreach and Education" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This poster highlights the unique partnerships between the Archeology Program, Yellowstone National Park, and the Native American Natural Resource Program, University of Montana, Missoula, and the Native American Studies Department, Salish Kootenai College. Consisting of...

  • Preserving History with Virtual Reality: The Future of Archaeological Public Outreach at the Historic United Comstock Merger Mill (2023)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Alicia Jensen.

    This is an abstract from the "Digging Deeper: Pushing Ourselves to Engage the Public in Our Shared Heritage through Outreach and Education" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The United Comstock Merger Mill, locally known as the American Flat Mill, was a cyanide mill constructed in 1922 on the eastern portion of the American Flat near Virginia City, Nevada. This mill, located within the boundaries of the Virginia City National Historic Landmark,...

  • Public Engagement and Research Efforts within Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Sandra Zarzycka.

    This is an abstract from the "Digging Deeper: Pushing Ourselves to Engage the Public in Our Shared Heritage through Outreach and Education" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) is approximately 1.87 million acres, with a dense and diverse cultural history. The monument is located in southern Utah and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The extensive array of cultural resources is managed by...

  • Public Outreach by Federal Cultural Resource Specialists from the Wells Field Office (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Andrea Ramhorst.

    This is an abstract from the "Digging Deeper: Pushing Ourselves to Engage the Public in Our Shared Heritage through Outreach and Education" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. It is the responsibility of the Wells Field Office (WFO) of the Elko District of the Bureau of Land Management to ensure federal undertakings comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) on public lands. In addition to compliance work, WFO culture...

  • A Silver Lining at the Failed Hardin City Mine: An Opportunity for Public Land Stewardship through Archaeology (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Emma Vance. Danielle Waite.

    This is an abstract from the "Digging Deeper: Pushing Ourselves to Engage the Public in Our Shared Heritage through Outreach and Education" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. ncouraging the public to invest in resource conservation, education, and exploration is an ongoing priority for the Nevada BLM, Black Rock Field Office. Black Rock Rendezvous (BRR), an annual event hosted on the Black Rock Playa, is one such effort. The event introduces a wide...

  • Successful Partnerships: The Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Katee Withee.

    This is an abstract from the "Digging Deeper: Pushing Ourselves to Engage the Public in Our Shared Heritage through Outreach and Education" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project (OCDP) is a multi-agency partnership engaged in studying and sharing the history of Oregon’s immigrant Chinese communities. Partners include the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology, the Malheur National Forest, and the Kam Wah...