Archaeology (250,000 objects)

These collections contain both historic and prehistoric objects including lithic materials (stone flakes and tools), animal bone, soil samples, pottery, basketry, seeds and plants, and other specimen lots from excavated site contexts. The majority of these materials were recovered through archaeological surveys and excavations conducted since 1958. The IMNH Division of Anthropology is the designated repository for state and federal collections recovered from eastern Idaho, so most of the archaeology collections are maintained through the Archaeological Survey of Idaho - Eastern Repository.

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