[OR_Archaeology] Archaeology Roadshow

[POULEY John * OPRD]

Hello all-

We're gearing up for the next Archaeology Roadshow, set for Saturday, May 30, 2015, on Portland State University Campus.  This event is an opportunity for all of us that love archaeology and history to share our passion with the public-through simple hands-on exhibits and activities that showcase our past-in our own backyard and beyond.   This will be our 4th  Roadshow, and the benefits just keep coming.  The public is learning more about archaeology in our region and beyond (we loved hearing this last year...."I never knew there was so much archaeology around here" ).   We are building stronger connections across the many contributing partners:  universities, tribes, agencies, companies, historical societies, avocational groups, and students. We're learning "what works, what doesn't" in our public engagement.  And last but not least, we're all having fun.

We invite you to be part of the Roadshow in any of these ways.


  1)  Join the organizing committee.  We'll be meeting monthly until February, then twice-monthly as we approach the day.  We could use help with all manner of things--from publicity, to ways of approaching ethics , with fundraising, to developing better ways of creating effective and fun hands-on activities, to brainstorming about ways of attracting a broader demographic).  If you can't make the meetings but want to be part of this, let me know and we'll figure out a way to get you involved.

 2)  Host an exhibit/activity.   We'll be ready to help (share some of what we've learned in past years; connect you with a student or another organization).

 3) Volunteer on the day.  We'll have a list of activities we need help with on our website soon.

  4) Become an event sponsor or make a donation to help keep this event free and open to the widest audience possible.  http://www.pdx.edu/anthropology/archaeology-roadshow

   5)  Follow us on Facebook....  https://www.facebook.com/ArchaeologyRoadshowPDX

  6)  Come on May 30 and bring your friends and neighbors.



Please get in touch with questions or ideas.      More soon!




Virginia Butler  and the Archaeology Roadshow Organizing Committee

Department of Anthropology
Portland State University
Portland, OR 97207
503/725.3303<tel:503%2F725.3303>
virginia at pdx.edu<mailto:virginia at pdx.edu>
http://www.pdx.edu/anthropology/archaeology-roadshow

The Archaeology Roadshow   is funded in part by the Oregon Heritage Commission<http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/OHC/Pages/index.aspx>




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Virginia L. Butler
Department of Anthropology
Portland State University
Portland, OR 97207
503.725.3303
virginia at pdx.edu<mailto:virginia at pdx.edu>
http://www.pdx.edu/anthropology/
http://web.pdx.edu/~virginia/


John O. Pouley
Assistant State Archaeologist
Oregon SHPO
503-986-0675

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