Dr. Jeff Rasic - one of the two lead archaeologist on our expedition - sent this picture of his boy Jack flint knapping. Knapping is the term for chipping away at obsidian or flint to make tools such…
This beautiful scene is the Chena River right next to the Bureau of Land Management office in Fairbanks, Alaska. We spent the day there yesterday learning about safe flying. We will be flying in a…
Kitty and Holt drove me to the Denver airport to send me off. It was hard to say goodbye! I know Holt will look older when I return. From his rear-facing car seat, Holt always looks into the cargo…
Organizing your gear on the floor is a good way to see it all and make sure you have the right stuff before you pack it all away. Note the paper Arctic tern on the door which we made in class at the…
Wonderful news from Bill Hedman, lead archaeologist from the Bureau of Land Management. He says we can bring along two local, native students out to the dig site! This is an incredible opportunity. I…
Here is the rocky bluff where Paisley Caves are located in south central Oregon. This is where the oldest human DNA in the Americas was found. People apparently lived here more than 14,000 year ago.…
Driving a gravel road south of Glass Buttes, Oregon, we saw a low hill which seemed like the kind of place ancient hunters would have stopped and decided to check it out. We found these obsidian…
Today I went down to the Polar Field headquarters in Littleton, Colorado to see Robbie Score who had gathered up my gear for the expedition. It was great to see Robbie again. We hung out together a…
My wife Kitty and I brought our little 3-month-old baby, Holt, down to Oklahoma to introduce him to mom's side of the family. Both of her parents live in Oklahoma City but we drove up to see her…
This is my homeroom class of third and fourth graders at Foothills Academy in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. These students come from Denver, Golden, Evergreen and the surrounding area. Notice some of the…
During our study of the native people of America we focused on two general groups: plains peoples and cliff dwellers. For the plains study, we looked at how the more nomadic groups would frequently…
The second graders at Foothills Academy had fun Monday searching out in the garden boxes for (pre-planted) obsidian chunks and stone tools. Note Kyle in the foreground carefully taking notes about…
