FIELD PHOTOS: WHAT REALLY HAPPENS "OUT THERE"
Projects involving volunteers have professionals on site to direct the work. In the above photo,
Charles Hibbs, Jr. (Chuck) is checking on field bags and ongoing unit excavations.
View of the stratigraphy of the east wall of
of the McMinnville Bison Site, which dates
at least 33,000 yBP (years before present). 
Preparing to water screen--
waiting for buckets
Where to start--the fun part before
hair nets and gloves get put on.
Hard Work, but Still Fun--and
Good Science.
Volunteers,
students, and professionals
work together to unravel the Pleistocene environment of McMinnville, as it was
more than 30 milennia ago.
Checking lithics for flake scars & documenting specimens
Field notes never end--if you are doing
the job correctly.
Contrasting soil colors can indicate features--areas within the excavation
area where something different may
have occurred.
Columbian (Imperial) Mammoth is found, and the project goes Hollywood
Bison cranium and horn cores, excavated at Woodburn High School during 2010 field project, which combined volunteers from the Oregon 
Archaeological Society with Portland Community College participants.
Class and volunteers take a break from field work to study specimens already in the classroom (above).
Woodburn teacher, David Ellingson, poses with this newest find (left).
Some Past Volunteer Projects Offered by the Oregon Archaeological Society:
Join the group and participate in archaeological projects. (Chart generously provided by Harvey Steele.)