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Peter Murphy shared our passions for the forest and history. He leaves behind generations of foresters and a legacy of knowledge about how we've interacted with the forest. https://www.stalberttoday.ca//st-albert-remembers-renowned

More evidence challenging traditional assumptions. Ethnoarchaeology (studying how recent people lived to help understand the past) in the boreal forest has also shown a more complex division of labour.

In case you missed this one. Very early cat meme.

When people think of African archaeology, most don't think of city and castle ruins. Our perception of Africa is still shaped by the prejudices of colonization. Check these sites out to challenge some of those stereotypes. https://digventures.com/2020/10/best-ruins-in-africa/

https://www.cbc.ca//yukon-heritage-rcmp-artifacts-venus-mi

Our field season has been busy, finding lots of sites! Some of them are super neat. As we jump into the final push, we reminisce about last year's sites too. Here are our top 10 sites fro 2019!! http://archaeologyblog.treetimeservices.ca//top-10-sites-/

Sometimes (maybe most of the time) we don't find what we're expecting.

#orangeshirtday2020

Gooood Morning History Lovers! Back in 1871 before planes and automobiles there were York Boats and Red River carts for travel in Alberta as seen in this photo taken in front of Fort Edmonton.

Looking forward to getting more context from this. Organic preservation in the north is poor, so finds like this can tell us a lot.

Tree planting is seasonal work, but it creates thousands of jobs for planters, tree nurseries, helicopter companies & camp staff. Did you know that #treeplantin...g provided 43,500 days of work for tree planters this year? Planters tend to be younger Albertans; many are enrolled in post-secondary studies. You might say that tree planting provides a brighter future for our forests and young Albertans! #forestfactfriday #loveabforests See more

So, Eric found this in a shovel test the other day. Not the first diagnostic of the season, but likely the oldest.

Not archaeology, but a cool opportunity at the RAM.

Put out your campfires folks.

Trivia time! Any guesses what this beautifully excavated feature is?

Our office is in Treaty 6, and most of our work is done in Treaty 8.

The numbers are in. There were just under 500 newly recorded sites in Alberta last year. Tree Time's archaeology team contributed 137 of them. We only get one chance to find and record archaeological sites. https://albertashistoricplaces.com//the-archaeological-s/

An alliterative archaeology article about ancient artifacts.