Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology
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Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology
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In the summer of 2005, the Southern Oregon University
Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA), in partnership with the Southern Oregon Historical Society, conducted
a public archaeology project at the Fort Lane site in Jackson County.
The Fort Lane Archaeology Project was designed, through document research,
geophysical investigation, subsurface excavation, and site mapping, to determine
the condition of the site and its physical layout, obtain a sample of artifacts
and ecofacts, and to provide a means for professional historians and archaeologists,
Tribal members, and the public to participate in a dialogue about the history
of southern Oregon and to raise public awareness regarding the conservation
and preservation of Fort Lane in particular, and historic preservation in
general.
SOU students Karim Naguib and Auricia Tama-Sweet excavating at Fort Lane, summer 2005. |
A bird's eye view of Fort Lane, drawn in 1855.
The Fort was arranged around a U-shaped parade ground, with the enlisted
men's quarters on the left and the officer's quarters on the right. The
back row of buildings included, from left-to-right, a store house, a guard
house, and a hospital, with a blacksmith shop in the left background. (National
Archives and Records Administration).
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