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Brownbag Lectures: Preliminary Investigations of an Early 17th-Century Archaeological Site in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
- Location: ISM Research & Collections Center, Springfield
- Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2015, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Presented by Terrance J. Martin, Ph.D., Curator and Chair of Anthropology, Illinois State Museum
The unexpected discovery of several iconographic/Jesuit finger rings and glass beads from a remote area, seven miles inland from Lake Superior in Marquette County, Michigan, is providing a unique opportunity to investigate the site of a Proto-Historic habitation site. The site is located near the terminus of an Indian trail that extended south to the northwest section of Lake Michigan. Abundant animal remains (which were analyzed at the Illinois State Museum), sparse plant remains, and artifacts suggest that the area was used by Native Americans as a winter encampment circa A.D. 1630 to 1640.
One of our Brownbag Lectures
Weekly lectures held at the Museum's Research and Collections Center. Lectures are usually held during lunchtime on Wednesday. The RCC is located at 1011 E. Ash Street in Springfield. Access to the building is from 10 ½ Street (between Ash and Laurel Streets), where there is ample visitor parking in the west parking lot. For more information, please call 217-785-0037. Brown Bag Lectures are free and open to the public.
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