A recent collaboration between the Department of Anthropology and Landscape Services blossomed — literally. After being asked to participate in Morrill Hall’s “Sunday with a Scientist” series, professor of anthropology Peter Bleed wanted to make his involvement as interactive as possible. “I didn’t feel like just showing artifacts,” Bleed said. “So I thought about digging.” […]
A group of UNL students have started a multi-year dig into the history of Lincoln’s historic train depot district. Participating in the 2010 summer field school in archaeology, the students are searching for artifacts and buildings that date back to the 1870s. The dig is led by Peter Bleed, professor of archaeology, and planned in […]
A reconstruction of two Civil War-era battles in the North Platte River valley will lead off the spring semester series of Paul A. Olson Seminars in Great Plains Studies. UNL anthropologists Douglas Scott and Peter Bleed will discuss “Mud Springs and Rush Creek: Civil War-Era Combat in the North Platte Valley” in a seminar at […]
Peter Bleed, Doug Scott and UNL students are helping bring an 1865 Indian war battle site in western Nebraska into focus. During the final three weeks of UNL’s Summer Field School in Archaeology – an annual summer course that immerses students in the study of historic sites – the researchers led 10 students in an […]
Summer field school unearths battle site Peter Bleed, Doug Scott and UNL students are helping bring an 1865 Indian war battle site in western Nebraska into focus. During the final three weeks of UNL’s Summer Field School in Archaeology – an annual summer course that immerses students in the study of historic sites – the […]
