Michigan
We have a substantial collection from Michigan (around 1500 objects/collections). These are described below based on whether it is an individual object or part of a larger archaeological collection.
Objects
Objects collected from Michigan include adzes, atl atl weights, awls, stone axes, bannerstones, baskets, beads (shell, glass, wooden, stone), a Bible, bifaces, bird and boat stones, stone blades, bracelet (silver), bucket, cache blades, canoe, celts, stone chisels, a chert turtle, copper bird figure, copper nuggets, cup, stone drills, duck decoy, stone eccentrics, figurines (bronze, stone), box of spruce root bundles for binding and stitching, flakes, gorget, gouge, hammerstones, bone harpoon, hatchet, human figurines, stone hoe, stone implements, mauls, moccasins, model canoes, mortars, net weights/sinkers, grooved pebbles, pendants (stone), pestles, picks, pipes (bowls, full pipes, effigy pipes, of all material types), plummets, projectile points, purse, quill boxes, rattle, ring, scrapers, ceramic sherds, spindle whorls, spoon, spud, stone tubes, leather vests, and whetstones.
Archaeology Collections
Known sensitive collections
- Sand Point Site, Baraga County
- Pottery sherd from the Riverside Cemetery, Menominee County
Private collections
- R.G. Curtis, Argillite artifacts (likely surface collected; unknown locations in Michigan)
- Butterfield/Schmidt Collection (Bay and Saginaw Counties, mostly surface collected)
- Stratton collection (Calhoun Co.)
- Cushman collection (Clare)
- Darling Collection (Clinton Co., Kent Co, other locations in Michigan)
Excavations/Surveys
- 15 archaeological sites in Antrim County
- 2 archaeological sites in Arenac County
- 2 CRM projects in Barry County
- 5 CRM projects in Bay County
- 1 archaeological site and one survey project in Berrien County
- 1 archaeological site in Cass County
- 31 archaeological sites in Charlevoix County
- 8 archaeological sites and one survey in Cheboygan County
- 7 projects in Chippewa County
- 10 projects in Clinton County
- 4 archaeological sites in Delta County
- 4 archaeological sites in Eaton County
- 19 projects/surveys in Emmet County
- 3 projects/surveys in Genesee County
- 1 survey in Gogebic County
- 8 projects/surveys Grand Traverse County
- 10 project/surveys in Gratiot County
- 5 project/surveys in Huron County
- 42 projects/surveys in Ingham County
- 13 projects/surveys in Ionia County
- 4 projects/surveys in Iosco County
- 1 projects/surveys in Iron County
- 29 projects/surveys in Jackson County
- 1 projects/surveys in Kalamazoo County
- 2 projects/surveys in Kalkaska County
- 1 projects/surveys in Keweenaw County
- 1 projects/surveys in Lake County
- 3 projects/surveys in Lapeer County
- 11 projects/surveys in Leelanau County
- 3 projects/surveys in Lenawee County
- 5 projects/surveys in Livingston County
- 7 projects/surveys in Mackinac County
- 1 projects/surveys in Macomb County
- 2 projects/surveys in Manistee County
- 24 projects/surveys in Marquette County
- 7 projects/surveys in Mason County
- 1 projects/surveys in Menominee County
- 10 projects/surveys in Midland County
- 3 projects/surveys in Missaukee County
- 1 projects/surveys in Montcalm County
- 1 projects/surveys in Monroe County
- 3 projects/surveys in Oakland County
- 7 projects/surveys in Oceana County
- 2 projects/surveys in Ogemaw County
- 3 projects/surveys in Ontonagon County
- 1 projects/surveys in Ottawa County
- 1 projects/surveys in Roscommon County
- 32 projects/surveys in Saginaw County
- 5 projects/surveys in Sanilac County
- 2 projects/surveys in Schoolcraft County
- 12 projects/surveys in Shiawassee County
- 2 projects/surveys in St. Clair County
- 5 projects/surveys in Tuscola County
- 3 projects/surveys in Washtenaw County
- 4 projects/surveys in Wayne County