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The Historical Archaeology of Michigan Webinar Recording - 10-16-2025

This webinar features a discussion of The Historical Archaeology of Michigan by Dean L. Anderson, Michael S. Nassaney, and Krysta Ryzewski, a new volume in the University Press of Florida series the American Experience in Archaeological Perspective. The archaeological findings discussed in this book highlight Anishinaabe peoples, settler colonialism, immigrants, agriculture, industry, and urbanization, and illustrate the distinct ways in which the American experience was lived in Michigan. From that perspective, the book provides a comprehensive treatment of both the history and the trajectory of historical archaeology scholarship in the state. Of equal importance, the book underscores the significant role Michigan archaeologists played in the growth and maturation of historical archaeology in the U.S., including the work of pioneering scholars like George Quimby, Charles Cleland, and Arnold Pilling. Written by three archaeologists who have dedicated more than seventy-five years to research in the state, the chapters in this book describe the construction of encampments and fortifications that facilitated seventeenth-century European colonization; the rise of the fur trade and natural resource extraction; the impact of land acquisition by white settlers who built farmsteads, logging camps, and mining operations in the nineteenth century; and the survivance of Indigenous people through resilience and adaptation to dramatically changing social, political, and environmental circumstances. Finally, the authors examine Detroit’s urban development, revealing how industrial capitalism led to inequality and segregation. Michigan has long been an incubator for invention, technology, and creativity. The Historical Archaeology of Michigan illustrates this legacy and demonstrates how Michigan’s history and cultures reflect the broader American experience through themes of entrepreneurship, immigration, capitalism, and civil rights. Further, the book offers a picture of Michigan’s landscapes, people, and materiality over the past four hundred years, and provides a sense of the breadth of historical archaeology more generally and its potential to impart a better understanding of the recent past. Learning objectives: 1. Understand how the archaeological record is created and the way it provides information about past human activities. 2. Understand how a defining aspect of historical archaeology is the opportunity to use archaeological, documentary, and oral history data to reconstruct the past. 3. Appreciate Michigan’s central role in the growth of historical archaeology in the U.S. 4. Understand an archaeological perspective on aspects of Michigan history and culture including interaction between Native people and Euro-Americans; early economic pursuits like agriculture, logging and mining, and the rise of urbanization, especially in Detroit. Speakers: Dean L. Anderson State Archaeologist for Michigan (Retired) Krysta Ryzewski Professor and Chair Wayne State University, Department of Anthropology Michael S. Nassaney Emeritus Professor of Anthropology Western Michigan University