Public Education and Outreach Photographs
Part of: Images
Photographs illustrative of the Project's multifaceted program of public education and outreach including the annual Open House conducted at the site, summer camps during the field season for students, adults, and teachers, and various other initiatives and events.
Site Name Keywords
Fort St. Joseph
Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Settlements •
Domestic Structures •
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features •
Hunting / Trapping •
Non-Domestic Structures •
Ball Court •
Palisade •
Structure •
Historic Structure
Other Keywords
mission •
Trading Post •
Fur Trade •
Cultural Interaction •
Public Archaeology •
Public Education •
Public Outreach •
Fort St. Joseph •
Jesuit •
Ethnogenesis
Culture Keywords
Historic •
Euroamerican •
Historic Native American •
French Colonial •
Potawatomi •
British Colonial •
Miami
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Reconnaissance / Survey •
Research Design / Data Recovery Plan •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Ethnohistoric Research •
Historic Background Research •
Geophysical Survey
Material Types
Ceramic •
Dating Sample •
Fauna •
Fire Cracked Rock •
Glass •
Ground Stone •
Building Materials •
Macrobotanical •
Metal •
Shell
Temporal Keywords
Colonial Period
Geographic Keywords
US (ISO Country Code) •
United States of America (Country) •
Michigan (State / Territory) •
Berrien County (County) •
North America (Continent) •
Great Lakes •
Pays d'en Haut
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Media Day (2010)
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Photographs from 2008, 2009, and 2010 Media Days at the site of Fort St. Joseph during which the press and members of the Western Michigan University and Niles communities and other involved parties were invited to experience talks and tours prior to the opening of the site to the public for the annual Archaeology Open House.
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Open House (2010)
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Photographs from the 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 Archaeology Open Houses at the site of Fort St. Joseph. Since 2004, the Fort St. Joseph Archaeology Open House has been the culmination of Western Michigan University's field school, and the showpiece of its public education and outreach initiative. Free of charge, the public is invited to view ongoing excavations and to interact with the student archaeologists. To assist with interpreting the archaeology, past open houses have offered...
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Summer Camps (2010)
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Photographs from the 2004, 2006, 2009, and 2010 Summer Camps at the site of Fort St. Joseph. Each field season, three summer camps are held: a camp for young adults, a camp for adults, and a camp for teachers. These camps provide the members of Niles and surrounding communities with the opportunity to engage in active excavations. Summer campers receive hands-on training in archaeological field techniques, as well as a more in-depth knowledge of the historical context of the fort. For the first...