Balloon Archaeology
View Related Episode: Balloon Archaeology, Biscuit Fire 10 Years Later, Collier Glacier
Archaeologists trade working on hands and knees for a viewpoint floating high overhead. Rare access to a helium balloon and remote controlled camera provides the clearest view of the most intriguing discovery in Oregon in years: stone circles that resemble the medicine wheels found in Wyoming and farther east.
First Broadcast: 2011
Producer: Vince Patton
Videographer/Editor: Todd Sonflieth
Videographer: Nicholas Fisher
Videos & Photos Courtesy: Bureau of Land Management
Appeared in episode: Balloon Archaeology, Biscuit Fire 10 Years Later, Collier Glacier
For more information:
Museum of Natural & Cultural History
- Online: Natural-history.uoregon.edu
Aerial Photography in Archaeology
Bighorn Medicine Wheel, Wyoming
U of O Field School
- Online: Pages.uoregon.edu/ftrock
BLM Article on Balloon Work (page 8)
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