Anthropology major to present at Student Academic Conference April 14 By Danielle Rebel When people began settling in Moorhead, it was a time of ball gowns and waistcoats. Traveling required a much greater effort than it does today. But the course of a century, a lot can change.
MSUM Archaeology Lab Open House Saturday, December 6th 9:00 am – 5:00 pm MSUM King Hall 120 Join us as we begin cleaning artifacts uncovered during November excavations at the Historic Comstock House in Moorhead. Stop by for hot cocoa or cider and the chance to learn about local archaeology and how artifacts are processed and studied. Cleaning artifacts is […]
MSUM Archaeology Lab Open House Saturday, December 6th 9:00 am – 5:00 pm MSUM King Hall 120 Open to the Public – All ages welcome Join us as we begin cleaning artifacts uncovered during November excavations at the Historic Comstock House in Moorhead. Archaeology students will be available to discuss past and ongoing work at the Comstock House, as well […]
Minnesota State University Moorhead Celebrates November American Indian Heritage Month TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 10:30 AM Opening Pipe Ceremony (Library Lobby) Laidman (JR) Fox, Jr., Spiritual Advisor from Spirit Lake Nation, will conduct a traditional pipe ceremony to welcome in American Indian Heritage Month on the MSUM campus.
Rinita Dalan, Anthropology and Earth Science, contributed an article on the “Magnetic Susceptibility of Soils and Sediments in Environmental Archaeology” to the 2014 Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. This comprehensive (11-volume) encyclopedia, edited by Claire Smith, and published by Springer Science+Business Media, New York, has an international and interdisciplinary focus and is available as both a print and online reference.