[OR_Archaeology] TAC features pioneer burial

[Meara Butler]

As always, please excuse cross posting
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Friends and colleagues: Ironically, the chance discovery of a historical
burial can bring  history alive and serve as a reminder of the path already
trodden.  The 19th Century pioneer history of Colorado became the subject of
interest after such a discovery, as you can see in *Pioneer Woman*, the
latest video feature on our nonprofit streaming-media Web site, *The
Archaeology Channel* (http://www.archaeologychannel.org).

Construction workers digging a utility trench in Castle Rock, Colorado, in
2003 were surprised to find human bones.  A crime scene investigation sprang
up, drawing archaeologists from the Colorado Office of Archaeology and
Historic Preservation and the local sheriff and coroner.  This documentary
follows what happened after a trenching machine uncovered an unmarked
burial, complete with a disintegrated wooden coffin buried and forgotten
there since the 19th Century, when Euro-American pioneers were exploring the
Colorado Territory.

This and other programs are available on TAC for your use and enjoyment.  We
urge you to support this public service by participating in our Membership (
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/member.html) and Underwriting (
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/sponsor.shtml) programs.  Only with your
help can we continue and enhance our nonprofit public-education and
visitor-supported programming.  We also welcome new content partners as we
reach out to the world community.

Please forward this message to others who may be interested.

Richard M. Pettigrew, Ph.D., RPA
President and Executive Director
Archaeological Legacy Institute
http://www.archaeologychannel.org

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Meara Butler

Archaeological Legacy Institute List Serve Coordinator
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