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Post-Contact Archaeology of Michigan and the Upper Great Lakes Region

Edited by Sarah L. Surface-Evans and Misty M. Jackson

396 pages, 84 ills., bibliog., index

ISBN  978-1-83695-251-0 $150.00/£115.00 / Hb / Not Yet Published (November 2025)

eISBN 978-1-83695-252-7 eBook Not Yet Published


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“This book is a thorough, up-to-date, and engaging account of Great Lake history” • Robert A. Birmingham, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha

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An updated review of post-contact archaeology in the Upper Great Lakes region was long overdue. In this comprehensive reassessment of recent and ongoing developments in the field, Post-Contact Archaeology of Michigan and the Upper Great Lakes Region examines the breadth and diversity of the area’s archaeological sites, highlighting the discoveries that are reshaping our understanding of post-contact archaeology. Gathering case studies that range from terrestrial and underwater cultural sites, to the period of the earliest European settlement to the present day, this volume spotlights how deeply interconnected excavation of the past, and current social justice initiatives are.

Sarah L. Surface-Evans joined the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) as Senior Archaeologist in 2022 after a decade as a professor of Anthropology at Central Michigan University. Sarah specializes in community-based archaeological practice in the Great Lakes region. Her research and publications have investigated a variety of topics, including material expressions of health and wellbeing, the structure of space as an expression of power in settler-colonial landscapes, and the role of memory, nostalgia, and haunting in contested colonial histories. Her recent publications include “Exploring Well-Being at Three Great Lakes Lighthouses” in the International Journal of Historical Archaeology.

Misty M. Jackson received her Ph.D. from Michigan State University’s Department of Anthropology in 2005 and founded Arbre Croche Cultural Resources in 2007 after teaching at Central Michigan University. She offered expert witness testimony in a Native American treaty case concerning farming rights and has served on the Michigan State Historic Preservation Board. Misty is currently president of the Center for French Colonial Studies. Her work includes publications on maritime archaeology and Native American tennis. She is co-editor of and contributor to The History and Archaeology of Fort Ouiatenon: 300 Years in the Making (Purdue University Press, 2024).

Subject: ArchaeologyHeritage StudiesHistory: 18th/19th Century
Area: North America


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