Name: NMU students conduct archaeological investigations on Beaver Island
Start: 2012-05
End: 2012-06
Location: Beaver Island

NMU students conduct archaeological investigations on Beaver Island

Also Northern Michigan University Beaver Island archaeology fieldwork 2012

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Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago

Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

TypeEvent

Dates2012-05 – 2012-06

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 2012-05 – 2012-06
Kind: Education
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: organization/northern-michigan-university
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: historyeducationheritagecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The June 2012 Beaver Beacon describes Northern Michigan University students conducting archaeological digs and artifact processing on Beaver Island.

Evidence limits

A planned dig at the Cables trading-post site remained subject to permits; the record does not claim that dig occurred.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, June 2012, "NMU Sifts Through Time on Beaver Island."
Describes Scott Demel, an assistant, and eighteen students conducting digs near the Print Shop Museum, processing artifacts, and considering future research and a base camp. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-06_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, June 2012, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held June issue scan confirms the NMU archaeology report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-06_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “NMU students conduct archaeological investigations on Beaver Island”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-nmu-archaeological-investigation-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2012, "NMU Sifts Through Time on Beaver Island." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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