The Jim Rock Historic Can Collection Online Database at Southern Oregon University, Ashland

Summary

Jim Rock was an historical archaeologist known for his passion for the humble ‘Tin Can.’ Prior to his death in 2010, Rock spend much of his lengthy career with the Forest Service focusing on education and outreach. Rock amassed a large comparative collection of bottles and cans, which he housed in suitcases and carted around teaching both the public and the professional archaeological community about the importance of often overlooked and undervalued artifacts, particularly cans. Rock’s 1987 volume "A Brief Commentary on Cans" remains instrumental in historical archaeology in the American West. Upon his death, the collection was given to the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA), who continues to use it as a teaching aid. In the interest of honoring Rock’s legacy and sharing his collection with a wider audience, SOULA collaborated with the Southern Oregon University Hannon Library in the digitization of the collection within a searchable database available to the public.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

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