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Societies have special relationships with the places and spaces in which they dwell. Over generations, places gain meaning and often become part of our social identity and sense of belonging.
In the 1700s, Native Americans traded with French trappers, missionaries and soldiers at Fort Saint Joseph. Today, with each new discovery, students are charting a map of everyday life at the Fort.
Memories and material artifacts uncovered through careful archaeology are painting a more complete picture of everyday life in the once vibrant Paradise Valley neighborhood.
Shooting the arrow of knowledge into the future with digital preservation at Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park. Explore new technologies needed for modern archaeological project success.
The Tuskegee Airmen were America’s first Black military airmen. Learn about how these airmen trained in Michigan and what caused Lt. Frank Moody's P-39Q aircraft to crash into Lake Huron in 1944.
What is an atlatl? What is radiocarbon dating? Explore how Michigan archaeologists uncovered the age and authenticity of this spear-throwing tool.
The past is never where you think you left it. See a dramatic 1970s image of urban archaeology underway at the future site of Detroit's Renaissance Center development.
Fragile shipwrecks are scattered along the bottom of the Great Lakes. Explore this photo mosaic of the wreck of the Pewabic, lost on Lake Huron in 1865.
For thousands of years, Native Americans mined copper on Isle Royale and in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Native people used the red metal to fashion tools and ornaments and revered it as a source of power.
The Jackson Iron Company built Fayette in 1867 as an iron-smelting town on Michigan's Garden Peninsula. Today, archaeologists use artifacts and structural remains to tell us about daily life at the town, beyond what we know from documents alone.
