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SOU awarded grant to create historic plastics database
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — The Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology has been awarded a Preserving Oregon Grant from Oregon Heritage, the state historic preservation office, to create a digital, archaeological database of historic plastics – from buttons to knick-knacks to kitchenware. The $13,000 grant will help pay for new camera equipment that will be used […]