The next OAS General Meeting is April 1, 2025 at 7p.m
Special guest lecturer Dan Stueber, speaking on
“Understanding Stone Tools Through
Experimentation and Replication”
More than 3 million years ago our earliest hominid ancestors began to make and use stone tools. As hominids evolved, so did stone tool technology. With the advent of our species, Homo Sapiens, stone tools became even more complex and diversified. Archaeologists understand this evolution of stone tools, and the adaptive strategies of human societies around the world through experimentation and replication of lithic technologies. This presentation will discuss and demonstrate the methods that archaeologists use, and the role of experimentation and replication of stone tools in understanding the past.
Dan Stueber’s career in archaeology spans four decades and has been marked by a devotion to understanding flintknapping and lithic technology. During that time, Dan has freely shared his extensive knowledge with both the professional and avocational communities, students, and Tribal members. He worked at Archaeological Investigations Northwest (AINW) from 1990 through 2015 as Lithic Technology Specialist conducting the lithic attribute and use-wear analysis for all lithic materials from hundreds of surveys and excavations. He has taught classes and workshops for University of Victoria, BC; Portland State University; University of Nevada Reno; Oregon State University; US Forest Service; BLM; National Park Service; and the Burns Paiute Tribe. Since 2015 he has been collaborating on archaeological research projects focused on the earliest inhabitants of the Great Basin and Plateau, including Paisley Caves, Rimrock Draw Rock Shelter, and Cooper’s Ferry, and has authored and co-authored numerous publications and book chapters. His contributions to the field were recognized at the 2023 Great Basin Anthropological Conference with a symposium, Tradition, Teaching, and Technology: Papers in Honor of Dan Stueber, and by the Society for American Archaeology as the 2025 recipient of the Crabtree Award. Dan Stueber has been an OAS member since 1981.
The meeting will be live at OMSI, free and open to the public
and also available to OAS members via Zoom.
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) is located at
1945 SE Water Ave. Portland, OR 97214-3354
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OAS Free Public Lecture Series, 2024-2025
Sept 3, 2024
Dr. April Nowell, University of Victoria
Dr. Nowell will be speaking on “Growing Up in the Ice Age: Were Children Drivers of Human Cultural Evolution?”
Oct 1, 2024
Cheryl Mack
“The Search for Chequoss – A Camp From the 1853 Pacific Railroad Survey Expedition”
November 6, 2024 Date change to Wednesday
Dr. Larry Loendorf, Sacred Sites Research
“Warfare, Pots and Rock Art in the
Jornada Mogollon Region, New Mexico”
December 3, 2024
Dr. Robert Losey, University of Alberta
“The Par-Tee Archaeological Site on the Oregon Coast: Equipment Scaling and Learning”
January 7, 2025
Dr. Virginia Butler, speaking on
“Updates from The Dalles Roadcut Site, a Sample of the Stories”
February 4, 2025
Dr. Karen Steelman, SHUMLA Archaeological Research and Education Center, Texas. “Radiocarbon Dating Pictographs: Field & Laboratory Research”
March 5, 2025
Dr. Jim Keyser, Oregon Archaeological Society
“War Stories: Biographic War Paintings on Plains War Horses”
April 1, 2025
Dan Stueber, University of Victoria
“Understanding Stone Tools Through Replication and Experiments”
May 6, 2025
Jocelyn Lee
“Feeling Safe in the Field: Fostering Spaces of Inclusion during Archaeological Excavations”
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