Metal Sensing and Indigenous Copper from Isle Royale National Park and Gila National Forest

Summary

Though much professional work utilizing metal sensing comes from within the historic period and battlefield archaeology, the application of metal sensing techniques to precontact sites has much to offer contemporary studies of copper use in the U.S., particularly inter- and intra-site geospatial analyses of indigenous copper exploitation. Ongoing research in two U.S. regions is illustrative of the contributions metal sensing technology is making to studies of copper and copper technology. Recent work at relect shoreline sites on Isle Royale National Park in northern Michigan and Mimbres sites within Gila National Forest in New Mexico serve as case studies highlighting new insight into copper exploitation in the northern Lake Superior Basin and the American Southwest.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2017)   •
• Developing Approaches in the Study of Prehistoric Copper in North American Archaeology

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Abstract Id(s): 16889