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Underground History connects culture, history, and place in Southern Oregon and beyond. The program is a collaboration with the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology and is hosted by SOULA historical archaeologist and research faculty member Chelsea Rose.

Chelsea Rose


    • Apr 28, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 22m AVG DURATION
    • 41 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Underground History

    From Bigfoot to 'Rumpology' ... uncovering the truth of myths rooted in pseudoscience

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 29:13


    Underground History host Chelsea Rose visits with Nate Pedersen, author of "Pseudo Science: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them."

    From Bigfoot to 'Rumpology' ... uncovering the truth of myths rooted in pseudoscience

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 29:13


    Underground History host Chelsea Rose visits with Nate Pedersen, author of "Pseudo Science: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them."

    'Oregon Black Pioneers' reveal the history where Black Oregonians lived, worked and played

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 14:31


    Chelsea Rose talks with researchers offer historical context and education about the history of Black Americans in Oregon.

    A burned commune offers archaeologists a window into 1960s counterculture

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 15:14


    Chelsea Rose digs into the recent past in this episode of Underground History.

    The scars of colonialism in the archaeological record of the PNW

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 30:17


    Underground History digs deep into the colonial past of the Pacific Northwest.

    Archaeologists reunite wildfire survivors with deceased loved ones

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 15:18


    The Alta Heritage Foundation sends trained dogs and archaeologists to homes burnt by wildfires to recover cremains left inside. There is never a cost to the families.

    Underground History focuses on The Tragedy at Tunnel 13 near Ashland

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 28:55


    The 100th anniversary of the Tunnel 13 train robbery Chelsea Rose talks to Barry Baker, the Deputy Director of the lab, talks about the growth of the science from a century-old tragedy.

    Underground History digs into the Oregon version of The Gold Rush

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 15:39


    The effort to unearth Oregon's Gold Rush arifacts

    Uncovering the Secrets of Ancient Egypt

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 29:24


    Chelsea Rose talks with renowned Egyptologist Arto Belekdanian

    Generational keepers of American history and culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 29:24


    Indigenous natives know the generational history and culture of this land.

    Chelsea Rose "Senses Sasquatch" at the High Desert Museum

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 14:35


    Underground History host, Chelsea Rose, visits the High Desert Museum in Bend, OR.

    Digging into the history of America's love of Halloween

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 14:22


    Underground History interviews a curator for the Oregon Historical Society and host of one of southern Oregon's most popular haunted houses.

    Real Archeology launches truth bombs on landscape of false narratives

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 29:04


    Professional archeologists clash with creators of misinformation.

    The Age of Melt (and Mummies)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 14:28


    Interview with the author of The Age of Melt

    Underground History in the field, er...on the water

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 14:06


    Underground History discovers 19th century Chinese salmon canneries

    An exploration of the bad ideas and horrible people in Oregon's history

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 14:59


    Public historian, Finn J.D. John joins Underground History to discuss some of the stranger aspects of Oregon's past

    Uncovering the Secrets of Ancient Egypt

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 29:24


    Chelsea Rose talks with renowned Egyptologist Arto Belekdanian

    A short history of really toxic stuff in some everyday items, like clothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 14:51


    Averie Foster at Oregon OSHA talks about toxic substances that can be found in old stuff in museums... and homes

    How the latest horror movies flip the scripts in favor of women

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024 30:00


    Johanna Isaacson, who wrote the book Stepford Daughters: Weapons for Feminists in Contemporary Horror.

    How our ancient ancestors' handling of climate change can inform us today

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 14:34


    Todd Braje at the University of Oregon brings both disciplines together in his book Understanding Imperiled Earth: How Archaeology and Human History Can Inform Our Planet's Future.

    An archeologist shares the wonders of our National Park System through LEGOs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 14:43


    What originally began as an effort to get signatures in support of a LEGO set to honor of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, has grown into a National Park Service LEGO Vignettes social media account

    A new way of thinking about museum pieces: decolonizing them

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 14:42


    Anthropologists are reconsidering possessing artifacts that belong to surviving cultures.

    Digging into the remarkably deep history of plastic

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2024 29:03


    Chelsea Rose from SOULA chats with Kimberly Wooten, a Historical Archaeologist who works in the Cultural Studies Office at Cal Trans, the California Department of Transportation.

    A short history of really toxic stuff in some everyday items, like clothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 15:14


    Chelsea Rose takes note of it in the latest edition of Underground History, our joint venture with the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology. Chelsea visits with Averie Foster, an occupational health consultant at Oregon OSHA.

    Who knows what lurks in the old bottles we dig up?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2023 29:16


    Archaeologist Mark Warner and chemist Ray von Wandruszka about contents of bottles unearthed in a dig.

    The religious history of why we eat what we eat

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 30:13


    Chelsea Rose visits with Christina Ward about religion and food choices

    Beyond the vintage pictures: 'imaging' the Modoc War

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 28:16


    Klamath Falls archeologist Dan Broockmann, and Ken Sandusky of the Modoc Tribe talk about efforts to "image" archaeological sites, so that Modoc Nation members in Oklahoma can "experience" their ancestral homelands.

    How the post office got so involved in a murder investigation in the Siskiyous

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2023 31:09


    The one hundredth anniversary of the train robbery and quadruple murder at Tunnel 13 in Southern Oregon. Chelsea Rose interviews staff at the Postal Inspection Service and Postal Museum at the Smithsonian about the event.

    Underground History focuses on The Tragedy at Tunnel 13 near Ashland

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2023 28:55


    The 100th anniversary of the Tunnel 13 train robbery Chelsea Rose talks to Barry Baker, the Deputy Director of the lab, talks about the growth of the science from a century-old tragedy.

    Digging into the Oregon version of The Gold Rush

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2023 15:39


    The effort to unearth Oregon's Gold Rush arifacts

    Underground History: Chelsea Rose interviews Bill Lindsey, bottle expert

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 14:31


    Chelsea Rose interviews Bill, a.k.a. the "Bottle Guy." He is a retired Rangeland Management Specialist with the Oregon BLM and is the primary author of the Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information Website.

    Taking cooking advice from dead people, in an Underground History Exemplar

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2023 28:22


    Rosie Grant dug into the culinary prowess of dead people, but without any actual physical digging. It turns out some people have favorite recipes inscribed on their gravestones when they die. SOU archeologist Chelsea Rose interviews her.

    Sitting down to dinner with Jacksonville's Peter Britt

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2023 14:48


    Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology. SOULA's Chelsea Rose is back with another edition of Underground History, talking about a project to use bone fragments to figure out which animals ended up on the table at the Britt home.

    Music from the stones (not 'The Stones') in Underground History

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2023 28:26


    Stephen O'Malley visits with SOULA's Chelsea Rose to talk about exploring the mysteries of Carnac through music and sound.

    Underground History takes to the field at a Rogue Valley farm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2023 14:48


    Underground History looks under Beethoven's hair (and finds surprises)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2023 28:14


    The latest Underground History takes up the subject. Host Chelsea Rose talks to population geneticist Paul Maier at Gene by Gene research revealing a secret from Beethoven's family.

    Stint at Portland's Chinatown Museum the focus of Underground History

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2023 29:02


    Sam Roxas-Chua presenting that work of visual art, soundscapes, and poetry at Ashland's Grizzly Peak Winery in celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month this weekend (May 20th).

    Want fries with that? Underground History explores potato innovation in Oregon

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2023 28:50


    America's favorite tuber has a long history in our region including the 1950s invention of the tater tot in Oregon. Chelsea Rose from the Southern Oregon University laboratory of anthropology visits with culinary historian Heather Arndt on the new wrinkles on the innovations of the potato.

    Oregon State Parks centennial observed in latest Underground History

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2023 28:35


    Chelsea Rose from the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology brings Dr. Carpenter in for a chat about the sprawling Oregon parks system.

    'I see dead people's recipes,' in the latest Underground History

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 28:36


    Rosie Grant dug into the culinary prowess of dead people, but without any actual physical digging. It turns out some people have favorite recipes inscribed on their gravestones when they die. SOU archeologist Chelsea Rose interviews her.

    Underground History meets Oregon's first physical anthropologist

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2023 27:31


    Southern Oregon University Anthropologist and host Chelsea Rose speaks with Dr. Elissa Bullion, the newly appointed physical anthropologist for the Legislative Commission on Indian Services.

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