Preserving the Past, Looking to the Future: Public Archaeology at Fort St. Joseph
Author(s): Cameron Youngs; Raegan Delmonico; Miro Duhnam; Erika K Loveland; Alexander Michnick; Michael Nassaney; Hannah Rucinski
Year: 2020
Summary
This is a poster submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
The Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project has been conducting excavations in Niles, Michigan over twenty years as part of Western Michigan University’s archaeological field school, now in its 44th year. Students learn archaeological field and lab methods while recovering material evidence from the eighteenth-century site of Fort St. Joseph, a mission-garrison-post. Much of the success of the Project is due to the continued support of the Niles community and a legacy of public outreach opportunities including an annual lecture series and open house as well as a newly established historic walking tour. This poster presents a brief introduction on the history and archaeology of Fort St. Joseph, highlighting the 2019 field season’s local and regional community outreach.
Cite this Record
Preserving the Past, Looking to the Future: Public Archaeology at Fort St. Joseph. Cameron Youngs, Raegan Delmonico, Miro Duhnam, Erika K Loveland, Alexander Michnick, Michael Nassaney, Hannah Rucinski. 2020 ( tDAR id: 457458)
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Keywords
General
Field School
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Fort St. Joseph
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Public Archaeology
Geographic Keywords
United States of America
Temporal Keywords
Eighteenth century
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 1035