All Hands on Deck! Cataloging begins for the Hubbard Park Project

by Anson Kritsch, University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist

Now that all the artifacts recovered from Hubbard Park are clean, it’s time to start cataloging. Cataloging is a process of identifying, organizing and recording artifacts. Cataloging is done for several reasons. First, it creates a preserved record of all the things found during excavation.

The UI-OSA Contributes to National Conversations on Archaeology Education

by Elizabeth Reetz, University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist

Work in the Lab begins for Hubbard Park site, Iowa City (13JH1440)

by Cynthia Peterson, University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist

Archaeological field work has ended at Iowa City’s Hubbard Park site on the University of Iowa campus. Now, work shifts to laboratory processing of the excavated artifacts.

Volunteers from near and far are an important part of this endeavor, working alongside OSA archaeologists.

Excavations Wrap Up at Hubbard Park (13JH1440)

by Bill Whittaker, University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist

More excavations at Hubbard Park, Iowa City (13JH1440)

by Cynthia Peterson, University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist

Archaeological work has shifted to the south end of the park. There, low-income renters lived near a small corner grocery run by the Sicilian Rinella family. The archaeologists and volunteers are staying warm in plastic yurts. Excavations are expected to continue through next week.

Early Historic Excavations at Hubbard Park, Iowa City (13JH1440)

by Cynthia Peterson, Bill Whittaker, and Melody Pope, University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist

Hubbard Park, now part of the University of Iowa campus, was once an ethnically-mixed working-class neighborhood occupied from the 1840s until 1926, when it was razed during construction of the Iowa Memorial Union.

Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Beer Caves

by Marlin Ingalls, University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist

Iowa Archaeology Month Returns!

Reflections on RAGBRAI: An OSA Outreach Tradition

by Elizabeth Reetz, University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist

Colleagues at the Office of the State Archaeologist (OSA) have been telling me about RAGBRAI – The Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa - since I started as the Education & Outreach Program Director last September. Being neither from Iowa nor an avid road cyclist, I didn’t comprehend the magnitude of this yearly event until I experienced it.

A Photographic Record of Iowa Towns

by William E. Whittaker, University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist

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All Hands on Deck! Cataloging begins for the Hubbard Park Project

The UI-OSA Contributes to National Conversations on Archaeology Education

Work in the Lab begins for Hubbard Park site, Iowa City (13JH1440)

Excavations Wrap Up at Hubbard Park (13JH1440)

More excavations at Hubbard Park, Iowa City (13JH1440)

Early Historic Excavations at Hubbard Park, Iowa City (13JH1440)

Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Beer Caves

Iowa Archaeology Month Returns!

Reflections on RAGBRAI: An OSA Outreach Tradition

A Photographic Record of Iowa Towns

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