Research, Interpretation, and Engagement in Post-Contact Archaeology of the Great Lakes Region
Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2021
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Research, Interpretation, and Engagement in Post-Contact Archaeology of the Great Lakes Region," at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
It has been more than twenty years since the survey volume “Retrieving Michigan’s Buried Past” provided a general overview of archaeology in the Great Lakes. Since its publication post-Contact period archaeological research in the Great Lakes region is experiencing a resurgence. Archaeologists are exploring varied questions, reinterpreting old collections, discovering new techniques for surveying and investigating sites, and building lasting partnerships to engage diverse publics. This session highlights recent contributions in historic archaeology in the Great Lakes region.
Other Keywords
Mining •
Farmsteads •
Archaeology •
Settlement Model •
Religion •
Health •
Urban Archaeology •
Lighthouses •
Shipwrecks •
iron smelting
Geographic Keywords
Great Lakes •
North America •
Midwest •
Michigan •
Lake Superior
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The Archaeology of Children on Michigan State University’s Campus (2021)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Research, Interpretation, and Engagement in Post-Contact Archaeology of the Great Lakes Region" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This talk will explore the history of children on Michigan State University’s campus through the lens of archival materials and archaeology. It will consider where and when children were present on the campus; how policies governing the presence of children have evolved and changed...
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Connecting to the Blue: Creating Relevance to Maritime Archaeology in Great Lakes Communities (2021)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Research, Interpretation, and Engagement in Post-Contact Archaeology of the Great Lakes Region" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Located in Lake Huron, NOAA’s Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary protects one of the nation’s best-preserved and historically significant collections of submerged shipwrecks. Within its 4,300 square miles lie nearly 100 known shipwreck sites, and research indicates as many 100...
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Engagement, Research And Interpretations In The Archaeology of Religious Identity And Practice At The Methodist-Episcopal Parsonage, 1870s-1910s, At Four Corners, Troy, Michigan (2021)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Research, Interpretation, and Engagement in Post-Contact Archaeology of the Great Lakes Region" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Lorain Campbell, the director of the Troy Historic Village in Michigan, asked me to direct excavations at the site of the Methodist-Episcopal Parsonage and Church that had been moved to the village. I invited my colleague Richard Stamps to co-direct the excavations with Oakland...
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Exploring Wellbeing at Great Lakes Lighthouses (2021)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Research, Interpretation, and Engagement in Post-Contact Archaeology of the Great Lakes Region" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Archaeological inquiry into health is typically centered on ableism, which views healthiness and non-(dis)abled as the norm. To see beyond these normative perspectives, I propose a view of (dis)ease and (dis)ability as “wellbeing”. Wellbeing should be conceived as a complex...
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Historical Archaeology in Detroit: Sixty Years and Counting (2021)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Research, Interpretation, and Engagement in Post-Contact Archaeology of the Great Lakes Region" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This presentation recounts the origins of historical archaeology as both a profession and a practice based on the work of the first generation of urban archaeologists in Detroit. Last year, 2020, marked the 60th anniversary of the first professional historical archaeology...
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Hot Iron, Cold Winters: Unearthing Stories of the Fayette Historic Town Site (2021)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Research, Interpretation, and Engagement in Post-Contact Archaeology of the Great Lakes Region" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Fayette town site (20DE19) is the focal point of the Fayette Historic State Park in Delta County, Michigan. Fayette was an iron smelting company town during the late nineteenth-century and at least portions of several original structures remain. The site is open to the public...
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Identifying Nineteenth Century Odawa Farms and Settlements within the Cultural Landscape at Waganakising in Emmet County, Michigan. (2021)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Research, Interpretation, and Engagement in Post-Contact Archaeology of the Great Lakes Region" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. American styled farming practiced by the Odawak during the nineteenth century had evolved as part of a process beginning in the seventeenth. This transition is examined within a framework of a cultural landscape study of the Waganakising Odawak that seeks to place them, their...
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'Owing to the Backwardness of the Season’:Assessing the Exploratory Mining Process on Isle Royale (2021)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Research, Interpretation, and Engagement in Post-Contact Archaeology of the Great Lakes Region" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Isle Royale located in Lake Superior was one of the centers of the nation’s first copper rush. Copper veins drew mid-19th century miners looking to stake a claim. By the mid-1850s these initial attempts at mining failed as the remote location and logistical hurtles made extracting...