A line of AAL student employees and staff marching into the woods at Salamonie River State Forest carrying their archaeology survey equipment.

Three AAL student employees in the foreground working on a shovel test probe in the Salamonie River State Forest. There are two students wearing safety orange ball caps working to sieve excavated sediment through 1/4 inch hardware cloth mesh to facilitate artifact discovery. In the background two additional student employees can be seen working on another shovel test probe sample.

Come see how we've been doing #LearnWorkDiscover at AAL with #HistoricPreservationFund support through the Indiana DNR Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology! #Archaeology #ChertChert #historymatters
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With projects like these, & #HistoricPreservationFund funding, AAL provides #experientiallearning for dozens of Ball State students. These experiences directly prepare students for #jobs and #careers in #CRMArch. #LearnWorkDiscover #WorkforceDevelopment 3/5

Cover of Indiana Archaeology volume 19(1) showing pictures from AAL surveys of Chain O' Lakes State Park and Limberlost Swamp Nature Preserve. The top left shows an old picture of students in front of the former Mulberry School within Chain O' Lakes State Park, top right shows an Ohio Flint Ridge (Vanport) Hopewell bladelet recovered from Limberlost Swamp Nature Preserve, bottom left shows a piece of clay tile from Limberlost Swamp Nature Preserve, and the bottom right photo shows a selection of historic artifacts recovered from the Limberlost Swamp Nature Preserve.

First page of the article on the survey of Chain O' Lakes State Park listing authors Jacob Smith*, Hannah Ryker, Zoe Lawton*, Carson Wright*, Kevin C. Nolan, and Christine Thompson. * indicates contributor was a student at the time of writing.

First page of the article on the survey of Limberlost Swamp Nature Preserve listing authors Carson Wright*, Hannah Ryker, Zoe Lawton*, Kevin C. Nolan, and Christine Thompson. * indicates contributor was a student at the time of writing.

Double #PublicationDay for AAL staff and #studentemployees! The latest Indiana Archaeology has 2 articles about #HistoricPreservationFund projects at Chain O' Lakes SP & Limberlost Swamp NP conducting identification surveys. #archaeology #LearnWorkDiscover 1/5

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Our student employees and staff archaeologists heading out of our survey area in the Salamonie River State Forest, Indiana. Healthy Forest of deciduous trees surrounds a line of archaeologists and field gear hiking up the trail into the background.

Thanks to Ball State College of Sciences and Humanities for support & matching funds. More hands make light work, and all the support helps our #studentemployees prepare for successful careers!

We had lovely weather & scenery, which makes for a great time! #archaeology #HistoricPreservationFund 4/4

Our student employees and staff archaeologists heading out to our survey area in the Salamonie River State Forest, Indiana. Healthy Forest of deciduous trees surrounds a line of archaeologists and field gear hiking down the trail into the background.

On Monday, AAL #studentemployees and staff started survey on our #HistoricPreservationFund investigation of a portion of Salamonie River State Forest. This is how Ball State University students learn about the work of professional #archaeology. 1/4