Lab News

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"