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Click on the following links to read about previous and ongoing analyses in Crow Canyon's lab. (Beginning in 2012, links go to Crow Canyon eNews articles).

2013  
January 7 Archaeology Lab Program: Learning by Doing
Participants and Staff Create Replica Ornaments Using Ancient Techniques
2012  
November 9 Trial by Fire: Replicating Ancestral Pueblo Mineral Paint
October 5 Albert Porter Pueblo Artifacts Head for Curation
June 6 Meet Our 2012 Lab Interns
March 1 Lab Staff Makes Great Strides on Projects This Winter
February 3 Innovation and Experimentation in Pottery Production
2010  
July 27 Crow Canyon Studies Another "Orphaned" Collection from the Northern Rio Grande Valley
May 28 Faunal Remains Analysis Yields Intriquing Results: Faunal Results from Goodman Point Pueblo Featured in SAA Poster
April 30 Archaeology Lab Program Participants Make Stone Tools: Experiments Lead to Better Understanding of Tool Manufacture and Use
2009  
August 26 Tsama Pueblo and the Mesa Verde Migration: Initial Findings of Tsama Pueblo Collection Analysis
July 10 Tsama Pueblo Collection: "Orphan" Assemblage Examined for Possible Connections between Mesa Verde and Northern Rio Grande Regions
2008  
December 9 Fall Lab 2008: Artifact Analysis and Replication
September 9 Unusual Find Provides Clues to Ancient Exchange Networks
August 8 2008 Fall Lab: Projectile Points and Pendants from the Thirteenth Century
June 30 Expert in Stone-Tool Technology Joins Crow Canyon Laboratory Staff
2007  
November 12 2007 Fall Lab: Turkey Bones, Rims Sherds, and Vessel Reconstruction
September 10 A Busy Summer in Crow Canyon's Research Lab
August 17 Pottery Vessels and Turkey Bones: Research Staff Gears up for 2007 Fall Lab
July 17 Folsom Point Connects Us to Ancient Paleoindian History
May 14 Evaluating the "Chaco-ness" of Albert Porter Pueblo Through Special Analyses
April 13 Grooved Bone Awls from Shields Pueblo
February 27 Dr. Ron Towner Leads Tree-Ring Workshop for Crow Canyon Staff
February 1 Lab Work for All Seasons: Winter 2007 Update
2006

 
November 20 Ancient Turkeys Were Natural Recyclers
November 6 Participants Assist in Special Study to Refine Pottery Chronology
October 31 Fall Lab 2006: Pottery, Pots, and Participants
September 27 Lab Completes Important Analyses
July 24 Unusual Dart Point from Albert Porter Pueblo: Projectile Point Made of Fossilized Bone
April 21 Copper Artifact Identified from Albert Porter Pueblo: Rarity Linked to "Chaco Phenomenon"