Boise State University; Archaeological sites; Archaeology;
Archaeologists work with trowels, paintbrushes and dust pans at the Hatwai site. Two years of excavation under the direction of Ken Ames, visiting professor of archaeology at Boise State, uncovered the 'oldest' Indian village in the area, located...
Boise State University; Archaeological sites; Archaeology;
An archaeologist sifts through Pleistocene loess (fine-grained, wind blown, top soil) for Paleo-Indian material at the site of an ancient Indian village on Hatwai Creek near Lewiston, Idaho. Over 900 artifacts, thousands of flakes, bones and other...
Boise State University; Archaeological sites; Archaeology;
Archaeology students work to uncover a Shoshoni Indian house along the Snake River, adjacent to Three Island State Park near Glenns Ferry, Idaho, during Boise State University's first annual summer archaeology field camp.
Boise State University; Archaeological sites; Archaeology;
Aerial photograph of an ancient Indian village site on Hatwai Creek near Lewiston, Idaho. The excavation was supervised by Ken Ames, state highway archaeologist and visiting professor of archaeology at Boise State, who directed the work of students...
Boise State University; Archaeological sites; Archaeology;
Archaeology students work at the site of a Shoshoni house along the Snake River near Three Island State Park, Glenns Ferry, Idaho, during Boise State University's first annual summer archaeology summer field camp.
An unknown man in wool chaps (left) standing with George Washington Blackman (right), who was was said to be the first African-American resident of Custer County and one of the carpenters hired to work on Redfish Lodge. Both men stand in front of a...
Interior view of the workshop and storage area in Robert W. Limbert's taxidermy shop. The space is filled with pelts, heads, and other fragments of taxidermy work.
Directions to a place explorer Robert W. Limbert noted in a file called "places to look up." Handwritten on his own letterhead, the directions are written starting in Shoshone, Idaho, and ends with looking into a bat cave close to Richfield, Idaho.
Letterhead from Robert W. Limbert's taxidermy shop located at 123 S. 11th Street in Boise, Idaho. Limbert's partner was patternmaker E.C. Eckert from 1915-1918.
A copy of the proclamation by President Calvin Coolidge creating the Craters of the Moon National Monument. The proclamation includes a map of the boundaries, approximately 39 square miles near Arco, Idaho. The rubber-stamped signature on the...
