Today Beth Mathews presented a brief overview of women's homesteading research at the Society for American Archaeology meeting in...

Most of our reports include a comprehensive review of historical maps so that we can understand the development history of a property,...

In March 2022 Antiquity's Principal Archaeologist Beth Mathews presented a poster titled "Women Homesteaders of Washington’s Channeled...

Steh-chass Budd Inlet is the traditional territory of the Steh-chass. The Steh-chass village was located on the Olympia peninsula on the...

As we work towards defining areas of archaeological concern for downtown Olympia, we want to understand the boundaries of Olympia's...

The Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation has records for over 35,000 archaeological sites in Washington...

Esther Mumford's Black Heritage Survey of Washington State (1985:13) identifies at least five instances of involuntary migration...

Over 100 years later, the gentrification of Olympia has some things in common with the racist tirades issued by John Miller Murphy,...

Although Olympia’s “Dead Zone” was not a feature of national news, the district was a prominent part of Olympia culture from the 1860s to...

In April 2021 Antiquity's Principal Archaeologist Beth Mathews presented a poster titled "Western Washington Women Homesteaders: Summary...