Name: Notre Dame archaeologists excavate the Boyle Farm site on Beaver Island
Start: 2012-06
End: 2012-08
Location: Beaver Island

Notre Dame archaeologists excavate the Boyle Farm site on Beaver Island

Also Notre Dame Boyle Farm archaeology fieldwork 2012

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Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago

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TypeEvent

Dates2012-06 – 2012-08

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 2012-06 – 2012-08
Kind: Education
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: heritagehistoryeducationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The August 2012 Beaver Beacon The August 2012 Beaver Beacon reports Notre Dame archaeological work at the Boyle Farm site and the artifacts recovered there.

Evidence limits

This record preserves the August issue’s account and does not extend it beyond the evidence described in the source.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, August 2012, "They Came and They Dug."
Reports Deb Rotman and Notre Dame cultural archaeologists excavating the first Boyle Farm cabin site and recovering pottery, glass, a cane head, an iron wedge, and other material. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, August 2012, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held August issue scan confirms this source thread.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Notre Dame archaeologists excavate the Boyle Farm site on Beaver Island”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-boyle-farm-archaeology-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2012, "They Came and They Dug." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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