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TerraX Team
Jan 10
Digging into Archaeological Preservation (and a Fun Fact for 2025!)
Meet Nikki Mattson — a field rep for The Archaeological Conservancy and real-life superhero for history.
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TerraX Team
Oct 11, 2024
The Lithics Handbook for Beginners
Today, we’re answering an age-old question… what the heck is a lithic?
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TerraX Team
Sep 13, 2024
Real-Life Time Machines — Here’s How to Visit Your City Through Time
Xplorers, today, we’re introducing you to one of our favorite tools — a kind of real-life time machine.
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TerraX Team
Apr 12, 2024
The Low-Down on LEGO TerraX and the Sugar Mill Mitigation
Please excuse my sugar-crazed friend. I’ll take it from here KB… HELLO XPLORERS! Sophie here, did you miss us? We sure missed you! We are...
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TerraX Team
Jan 5, 2024
24 Fun Facts in 2024!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 2024 is here, and we are Celebrating with a capital C! Cheers, Sophie! Cheers, KB! We hope your New Year’s is off to a...
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TerraX Team
Nov 3, 2023
TerraX's Spooktactular TrickorTreats!
OooOOoooOOooo… Happy spooky season Xplorers! We hope you all had a happy Halloween full of treats! To end the season we are getting into...
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TerraX Team
Sep 15, 2023
What's UP with the NRHP?
Good AFteRnoon, our name is TerraXplorations and we are archaeological, historic, and architectural Xplorers! Are you in need of any...
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TerraX Team
Aug 25, 2023
Zooarchaeology is Not Zoology
We’ve been talking a lot about our favorite sponsored fishermen in our recent posts — What a Bag of Fish! and Cold with a Lure in the...
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TerraX Team
Apr 21, 2023
Maps!
Hey there, Xplorers! Maps make the world go round… or, rather, flat! Maps are part of everything we do in CRM, from research to field...
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TerraX Team
Mar 31, 2023
Women in CRM
We’re proud of the women on our team, and we want to introduce them to you! Are you ready to dig deeper?
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TerraX Team
Mar 3, 2023
An Archaeologist in Portugal
Our very own historical archeologist and archeological geophysicist Steve Filormo just came back from a panel presentation in Portugal!
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TerraX Team
Feb 10, 2023
Architectural History 101
Ready to dive into Architectural History 101? We are too. Let’s go!
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TerraX Team
Jan 20, 2023
Lightning in a Bottle Part 2
Welcome back Xplorers! Ready to dig deeper into the world of glass bottle analysis?
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TerraX Team
Jan 13, 2023
Lightning in a Bottle Part 1
We’re starting off strong in 2023 with the series where we teach you your next coolest party trick — analyzing glass bottles.
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TerraX Team
Dec 2, 2022
The Fort Butler Mitigation
As much as we love our pets and we love our fishermen, it’s time to get back to what we do best. We’re back with our fourth mitigation!
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TerraX Team
Oct 28, 2022
Our Day at the Moundville Archaeological Park Native American Festival!
Two weeks ago, we attended the annual Native American Festival at Moundville and can we just say — we had an incredible time!
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TerraX Team
Sep 30, 2022
The Dunboyne Sugar Plantation
We’re baaaack Xplorers! We are back with the third of four major mitigations projects in the ever-changing weather of Louisiana (not...
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TerraX Team
Sep 16, 2022
Always Check the Footnotes
Good morning, Xplorers! This will probably come as a shock to all of nobody, but we here at TerraX are really just a bunch of total...
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TerraX Team
Aug 26, 2022
Environmental History and Scars on the Land
Humanity’s relationship to nature is an essential part of cultural resource management. Read on to find out more!
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TerraX Team
May 27, 2022
A Brief History of Marbles
Hey there, Xplorers! Welcome back. Tell us — what are some of your favorite toys from when you were little? Think back — did you play...
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