[OR_Archaeology] Free Talk at SOU about the ongoing archaeological work at Fort Lane

[Chelsea E. Rose]

(Ashland, Ore.) – *Dr. Mark Tveskov*, Southern Oregon University Professor
of Anthropology, will present “Myth, Memory, and Identity: Fort Lane and
the Rogue River Wars” on Wednesday, April 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the Meese Room
of the Hannon Library on the SOU campus. A reception follows immediately.
The talk is free and open to the public. Tveskov’s presentation is part of
the Insights Distinguished Lecture Series.
SOU Archaeology Professor to Explore Fort Lane, the Rogue Indian Wars, and
their Lasting Impact
Posted on April 9,
2012<http://news.sou.edu/blog/2012/04/sou-archaeology-professor-to-explore-fort-lane/>
by
Jim Beaver <http://news.sou.edu/blog/author/jimbeaver/>

(Ashland, Ore.) – *Dr. Mark Tveskov*, Southern Oregon University Professor
of Anthropology, will present “Myth, Memory, and Identity: Fort Lane and
the Rogue River Wars” on Wednesday, April 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the Meese Room
of the Hannon Library on the SOU campus. A reception follows immediately.
The talk is free and open to the public. Tveskov’s presentation is part of
the Insights Distinguished Lecture Series.

Professor Tveskov will describe Southern Oregon University’s long-term
archaeological and historical research at Fort Lane, and outline ongoing
efforts by Jackson County, SOU, and the State of Oregon to develop Fort
Lane into an Oregon State Park for the public to enjoy.

“The story of Fort Lane is the story of how southern Oregon was settled”
says Tveskov.

Fort Lane was a U.S. Army military post constructed on the frontier of the
Oregon Territory in 1853. The fort was occupied for less than three years
by 100 men of the U.S. 1st Dragoons, whose mission was to maintain peace
between the Indian people living on the short-lived Table Rock Indian
Reservation and the pioneer settlers of the Rogue River valley.

Despite the short tenure of the post, its relative isolation and obscurity
and its small complement of soldiers, Fort Lane was constructed at an
important moment in history when pioneers were fighting indigenous people,
local and global ecological processes were unfolding, nationalism and
states-rights issues were being debated, and federal Indian policy was
developing.

Within this background of contention, Fort Lane—a relatively simple
collection of modest-sized log buildings—played and continues to play a
powerful, understated, ambiguous, and ever-changing role in the social
relations and identity of the inhabitants of Oregon.

Last fall, Professor Tveskov, his students and two-dozen volunteer
archaeologists from the Rogue Valley began a dig at the Fort Lane site. An
open house during the dig attracted 200 people. The Oregon State Parks
Department is now planning how to best make the site available to the
public on a regular basis.

Professor Tveskov has taught anthropology, environmental studies, and
Native American studies at Southern Oregon University since 1998. He holds
a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Anthropology from the University of
Connecticut and a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Oregon.

The Insights Distinguished Lecture Series was created by SOU President Mary
Cullinan “to showcase the excellent work of our faculty and to share the
high caliber of SOU teaching and research with audiences from on and off
campus.”
Media Contact: Jim Beaver

Office: 541-552-6093
Mobile: 541-840-8441
E-mail: beaver at sou.edu <beaverj at sou.edu>

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-- 
Chelsea E. Rose, MA, RPA
Southern Oregon University
Laboratory of Anthropology
1250 Siskiyou Blvd.
Ashland, OR 97520
(541) 261-3087
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