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View article: Naandamo: Indigenous Connections to Underwater Heritage, Settler Colonialism, and Underwater Archaeology in the North American Great Lakes
Naandamo: Indigenous Connections to Underwater Heritage, Settler Colonialism, and Underwater Archaeology in the North American Great Lakes Open
The North American Great Lakes offer a dynamic case study of inundated cultural landscapes. These bodies of water and the life around them have never been static. While submerged lands offer avenues for archaeological research, it is essen…
View article: Getting Your Feet Wet
Getting Your Feet Wet Open
There is a lack of broad representation in archaeology generally, and in a specialized field such as underwater archaeology, this issue is only exacerbated. Underwater archaeological sites are often “out of sight, out of mind,“” creating a…
View article: Central Oregon obsidian from a submerged early Holocene archaeological site beneath Lake Huron
Central Oregon obsidian from a submerged early Holocene archaeological site beneath Lake Huron Open
Obsidian, originating from the Rocky Mountains and the West, was an exotic exchange commodity in Eastern North America that was often deposited in elaborate caches and burials associated with Middle Woodland era Hopewell and later complexe…
View article: A Layered Approach for the Discovery and Mapping of Prehistoric Sites Beneath Lake Huron
A Layered Approach for the Discovery and Mapping of Prehistoric Sites Beneath Lake Huron Open
For much of modern human history (roughly the last 200,000 years), global sea levels have been lower than present. As such, it is hardly surprising that archaeologists increasingly are looking to submarine environments to address some of t…