Introducing the Hearthstone Project The Hearthstone Project is a collaboration between Texas State University and Shumla Archaeological Research and Education Center. The project is anchored in both science and the humanities, combining two research and preservation...
Summer 2021 Shumla Internship Experience: Part 2 Before you read on, be sure to check out Summer 2021 Shumla Internship Experience: Part 1 to see how this story began! As fun as field days are, the lab is where I truly flourished. My first month was spent learning...
Summer 2021 Shumla Internship Experience: Part 1 I’m Jesse Velasco and am honored to have been a Shumla Intern from June 2021-August 2021. I graduated from the University of Central Arkansas with a degree in chemistry in May of 2021. After graduation, I was ready for...
Science in Translation Part I: What is Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy? Helpful Abbreviation Key! pXRF: Portable X-ray Fluorescent Spectroscopy XRD: X-ray Powder Diffraction PRS: Pecos River Style Introduction There are a lot of things about reading...
Keep Calm and Love Plasma Oxidation Hey, Shumla family! Rudy Banny here. I had the pleasure of interning with the Shumla team from January to March of 2020, training with Dr. Karen Steelman in Shumla’s Archaeological Chemistry Laboratory. During this time, I had the...
