Item details: Prehistoric copper mining in Michigan : the nineteenth-century discovery of "ancient diggings" in the Keweenaw Peninsula and Isle Royale - 48409056

Prehistoric copper mining in Michigan : the nineteenth-century discovery of "ancient diggings" in the Keweenaw Peninsula and Isle Royale

text Prehistoric copper mining in Michigan : the nineteenth-century discovery of "ancient diggings" in the Keweenaw Peninsula and Isle Royale

Halsey, John R.

Summary: "Discusses how nineteenth-century explorers and miners discovered evidence of prehistoric copper mining in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and how that discovery ultimately led to the destruction of the prehistoric archaeological sites they found"--

Contents: Prehistoric copper mines -- Early reports -- Samuel O. Knapp and the Minesota mine -- Who wrote the Knapp report? -- What discoverers saw in the nineteenth century -- Who were the prehistoric miners? -- The fate of the prehistoric artifacts -- Con... Read more

Format: text

Description: xiv, 336 pages ; 23 cm.

Publisher: University of Michigan, The Museum of Anthropology 2018

Library	Location	Status
Peninsula Community Library	MI 977.49 HAL in Adult	Available

Library	Location	Status
TADL-PCL	MI 977.49 HAL in Adult	Available

Indians of North America Michigan Upper Peninsula Antiquities Copper mines and mining, Prehistoric Michigan Upper Peninsula Archaeology Michigan Upper Peninsula 19th century Archaeology Copper mines and mining, Prehistoric Indians of North America Antiquities Michigan Upper Peninsula

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