OAS | September 2024

The Office of Archaeological Studies is excited to share that, with the help us the Department of Cultural Affairs, they were recently able to accession millions of dollars of new archaeomagnetic dating equipment from the University of Texas Dallas. This new equipment will allow the OAS to run almost any archaeomagnetic experiment with unprecedented precision and detail, providing new opportunities to understand past human activities including the form and function of burned archaeological features. Thanks to the new equipment, the OAS laboratory will now have the capacity to be one of the top magnetic research facilities in North America. Private donations are now needed to get the new equipment up and running. Donations will support the purchases of supporting equipment, maintenance costs and expenses associated with outreach to colleges and universities. To learn more about his fundraising initiative, contact Lauren Paige at lauren@museumfoundation.org.

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To further support this exciting research, the OAS is excited to announce the hiring of Laboratory Analyst, Emma Kostecki. Emma is a recent Earth Science graduate from the University of Minnesota and completed her undergraduate thesis through the University's Institute for Rock Magnetism. She will work with Laboratory Supervisor, Shelby Jones, on advancing all kinds of research including archaeomagnetic dating and science. Welcome, Emma!

Shelby Jones