When Alanna Bradley went to her first archaeological dig this month, she learned that treasures can be hidden right beneath her feet — she just had to take the time to look.
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Bradley is a communications specialist with Oklahoma State University. She went to a student dig along the Arkansas River near Newkirk recently to shoot a video and photos of the students for the university (find her video on the Web at osu.okstate.edu/news/videos/).
As part of a sociology program, the students searched for Wichita Indian artifacts. They dug in an area that is believed to be a 1700s trading post between the American Indians and the French.
Bradley was surprised by just how many artifacts the students unearthed between the end of May and Friday, when they stopped digging.
They put the beads, buffalo bones and tools in plastic bags and paper sacks.
Most of the items were stuck down in the ground, and the students carefully had to dig for the treasures.
Others weren't so hidden. Bradley walked right over some before a professor showed her how much she was missing.
Artifacts that "you wouldn't see in 100 or 200 years are not even that far below the surface — were right at the surface,” she said.
With her newfound insight, "I saw all this stuff that I wouldn't normally see,” she said.
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Oklahoma State University students look for American Indian artifacts near Newkirk as part of a summer program. PHOTO PROVIDED
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