The Minnesota Office of the State Archaeologist (OSA) has posted its’ latest annual report to the OSA web site.  The report is an overview of what has taken place archaeologically around Minnesota in the last fiscal year and includes summaries of the various reviews the OSA has undertaken during that period.  Since the annual reports are to be completed on a fiscal year basis, it covers July 2010 through June 2011.  Click here to view the report.

Stephen Kelly has created a database (Excel file) of Minnesota Archaeologist articles and authors from the Minnesota Archaeological Society’s (MAS) CD/DVD containing 50 plus years of past issues of the Minnesota Archaeologist (from 1935-1989).  The MAS CD/DVD has no search functions.  Kelly’s database will allow those who have purchased the CD to search for a specific article or author to learn where to look for it on the CD.   It also allows those researchers who have not yet purchased the CD to find the correct volume and issue for an older article.   The index does not include articles from the more recent issues beyond 1989.  You can download the database by clicking on the link above or here.

I was told by my web guru that I was remiss in downloading some upgrades to programs and no one who subscribes to my blog was notified of the last couple of entries.  That should be corrected now.  So check out the previous couple of entries.   One is on the Legacy Project reports available on the Office of the State Archaeologist  website and the other on a program sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America-Minnesota Chapter this coming Thursday, Feb. 2, taking place at Macalster College. 

For those of you who do long range planning, this week the Office of the State sent out a notice saying that they are shifting Minnesota Archaeology Week to the fall season this year in order to encourage more participation and avoid the inclement weather that has been plaguing the springtime events the last couple of years.  Minnesota Archaeology Week will be held September 8^th through the 16^th, 2012.

The Minnesota Office of the State Archaeologist has  posted three additional archaeological research reports to their website.  These projects were funded with monies from the Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment.   These are edited versions of the original reports but are still fairly large files.  Clicking on the titles will take you to the documents. Continue Reading →

The latest issue of The Minnesota Archaeologist (Vol. 69, 2010) has just been published and is available from the Minnesota Archaeological Society.  It contains another set of interesting and informative articles covering a wide range of topics.  I’ve included the table of contents from the issue for your review.

 The latest issue of The Minnesota Archaeologist (Vol 68, 2009) has just been published and is available from the Minnesota Archaeological Society.  The journal should be mailed the week of November 15th and be to most subscribers by Thanksgiving.  This issue focuses on Northern Minnesota archaeology, with an interesting mix of both pre-contact and contact era subjects.  There are a several articles on Northern Minnesota lithics and copper and an overview of northern pottery types.  Trade period subjects include guns, axes and silver with good papers on each.  Discussions about shipwrecks in Lake Superior and Hamline University’s archaeological work in Alaska wrap up the issue.  I’ve included the table of contents from the issue for your review.