Idaho Archaeology in the News

Site overview including excavation of building feature - note rock foundation walls

Big Dig Tells Nuanced Story About North Idaho Town, November 01, 2012, Sandpoint, Idaho

Hells Canyon releases 600-year Nez Percé artifacts, July 25, 2011, Idaho

IAS meets at UI to discuss new ways for people to get involved in fascinating science Moscow, Idaho, October 2012

Latest dig in Boise’s Basque Block has exciting start

Boise, Idaho, August 1, 2012

Archaeological dig taking place in the Basque Block
Boise, Idaho, August 1, 2012

Basque museum workers discover hidden well
Boise, Idaho, August 1, 2012

Interesting finds highlight new Basque Block dig
Boise, Idaho, August 1, 2012

The Cyrus Jacobs-Uberuaga House Archaeological Project
Boise, Idaho, August 1, 2012

Rock Climbers Left in the Dark
AMERICAN FALLS,  Idaho, October 13, 2011

Researchers Dig for Clues of Early Life at Idaho National Laboratory Site
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, September 2011

Hells Canyon Releases 600 Year Old Nez Perce Artifacts
HELLS CANYON, Idaho, July 25, 2011 

Buhl Author Capitalizes on Idaho Archaeology
TWIN FALLS, Idaho, July 8, 2011

Six Hundred Year Old Artifact Found in Hells Canyon
BOISE, Idaho, July 2011

Suzann Henrikson, Archaeologist for the Bureau of Land Management, Talks about the Potential for Further Discoveries at the Wasden Caves West of Idaho Falls
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, June 12, 2011

The Writing on the Rocks: Petroglyphs in Our Back Yard
MELBA, Idaho, February 16, 2011

Orofino Father, Son Convicted in Artifact Case
BOISE, Idaho, October, 2010

Arco Woman Fined For Stealing Artifacts
BOISE, Idaho, August 2010

Recovering Forgotten Pieces of Sandpoint History
MOSCOW, Idaho, June 2010

Ancient Road Signs
POCATELLO, Idaho, December 13, 2009

Idaho Museum Unveils 16,000 Year Old Tools
POCATELLO, Idaho, October 11, 2008

Crews Digging into History
WALLACE, Idaho, August 4, 2008

Archaeologists Dig into Sandpoint’s Past
SANDPOINT, Idaho, Summer 2008

Archaeologists Find First Physical Link in Idaho to Lewis and Clark
HELLS CANYON, Idaho, May 6, 2008

BSU Students Chip Away at the Earth in Search of Historic Finds
BOISE, Idaho, June 6, 2007

Dig Hunts for Clues to City’s Past
SANDPOINT, Idaho, September 16, 2006

Western Researchers Study Basque Tree Carvings
BOISE NATIONAL FOREST, Idaho, August 2, 2006

Point May Be Oldest Idaho Human Artifact
SALMON, Idaho, September 12, 2005

Young Sentenced for Illegal Excavation of Archaeological Site
BOISE, Idaho, June 2002

Petroglyphs Losing Ground to Time, Trash and Graffiti
ASOTIN, Washington, September 1993