archaeology

1. November 4, 2024

   UM-Dearborn field study course digs up past to help plan future

   A UM-Dearborn archaeology class taught by associate professor John Chenoweth has focused on a site in Monroe for five years that was the epicenter of the War of 1812.

2. September 23, 2024

   Clovis camp: Early people likely returned to Great Lakes site

   The same researchers who discovered that Clovis people visited Michigan thousands of years ago have confirmed that those people traveled to the site annually.

3. August 2, 2024

   U-M team finds ancient Persian gold coins in western Turkey

   A team of researchers led by a U-M archaeologist has uncovered a hoard of gold coins, likely used to pay mercenary troops, buried in a small pot in the ancient Greek city of Notion in western Turkey.

4. September 1, 2021

   Farm field find rewrites archaeological history in Michigan

   An independent researcher along with U-M researchers have identified a 13,000-year-old Clovis camp site, now thought to be the earliest archaeological site in Michigan.