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Suttons Bay archaeology students conduct a week-long Beaver Island dig

Also Suttons Bay archaeology students conduct a week-long Beaver Island dig

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TypeEvent
Dates2003-07 – 2003-08
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
2003-07 – 2003-08
Kind
Education
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
heritageeducationconservation
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Thirty-two Suttons Bay archaeology students spent a week excavating on and around Beaver Island in summer 2003, including three days on Garden Island and work behind the Hardware Store, Print Shop, and at Greene’s Bay.

Evidence limits

The report says results were forthcoming and does not provide a final site inventory or archaeological interpretation.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, August 2003, “Digging up Beaver”.
    Reports Terri Bussey bringing 32 Suttons Bay archaeology students for a week-long dig, including work on Garden Island, behind the Hardware Store, behind the Print Shop, and at Greene’s Bay. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the August 2003 report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-08_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Suttons Bay archaeology students conduct a week-long Beaver Island dig”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-archaeology-students-dig-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2003, “Digging up Beaver”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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