Profile for Kristofer Rolfhus

Ken Schwartzlow, student, and Heather Walder, both Archaeology & Anthropology; and Jenna Jeske, student, and Kristofer Rolfhus, both Chemistry & Biochemistry; presented "Investigating Anthropogenic Mercury in Soil Samples from an Early-Nineteenth-Century Fur Trade Site in Northern Wisconsin" at the Society for Historical Archaeology 59th Annual Conference on Jan. 8 in Detroit, MI. This interdisciplinary project uses a novel and minimally-invasive soil chemistry approach to map activity areas on fur-trade era archaeological sites. Students and faculty involved in the project are collaborating to submit results for publication in the Journal of Archaeological Science.

Submitted on: Jan. 16

Heather Walder, Archaeology & Anthropology and Kristofer Rolfhus, Chemistry & Biochemistry, presented "Contemporary Archaeology, Indigenous Communities, and the French Absence from the Upper Mississippi Valley" at the Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) 2025 Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology on Jan. 10 in New Orleans, LA. Their paper provided background and preliminary results from a collaborative examination of soil chemistry for evidence of 17th and 18th century French fur trade activities near Trempealeau, WI.

Submitted on: Jan. 21, 2025