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.
Underground History host Chelsea Rose visits with Nate Pedersen, author of "Pseudo Science: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them."
Underground History host Chelsea Rose visits with Nate Pedersen, author of "Pseudo Science: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them."
Chelsea Rose talks with researchers offer historical context and education about the history of Black Americans in Oregon.
Chelsea Rose digs into the recent past in this episode of Underground History.
Underground History digs deep into the colonial past of the Pacific Northwest.
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.
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.
The effort to unearth Oregon's Gold Rush arifacts
Chelsea Rose talks with renowned Egyptologist Arto Belekdanian
Indigenous natives know the generational history and culture of this land.
Underground History host, Chelsea Rose, visits the High Desert Museum in Bend, OR.
Underground History interviews a curator for the Oregon Historical Society and host of one of southern Oregon's most popular haunted houses.
Professional archeologists clash with creators of misinformation.
Interview with the author of The Age of Melt
Underground History discovers 19th century Chinese salmon canneries
Public historian, Finn J.D. John joins Underground History to discuss some of the stranger aspects of Oregon's past
Chelsea Rose talks with renowned Egyptologist Arto Belekdanian
Averie Foster at Oregon OSHA talks about toxic substances that can be found in old stuff in museums... and homes
Johanna Isaacson, who wrote the book Stepford Daughters: Weapons for Feminists in Contemporary Horror.
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.
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
Anthropologists are reconsidering possessing artifacts that belong to surviving cultures.
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.
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.
Archaeologist Mark Warner and chemist Ray von Wandruszka about contents of bottles unearthed in a dig.
Chelsea Rose visits with Christina Ward about religion and food choices
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.
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.
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.
The effort to unearth Oregon's Gold Rush arifacts
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.
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.
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.
Stephen O'Malley visits with SOULA's Chelsea Rose to talk about exploring the mysteries of Carnac through music and sound.
Chelsea Rose reports from the field
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.
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).
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.
Chelsea Rose from the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology brings Dr. Carpenter in for a chat about the sprawling Oregon parks system.
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.
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.