Hi,

Just a final friendly reminder that Michigan Archaeology Day will be held at the State Historical Center in Lansing, MI this Saturday, October 6th.  The event runs from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.  All activities, presentations, parking, etc are free.  Four presentations will be given:

11:00 AM Snippets of the Past: Late Prehistoric Life in the Lower Grand River Valley by Dr. Michael Hambacher

12:00 PM Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary by Wayne Lusardi

1:00 PM Pioneer Farmers of Pleasant Valley: Rediscovering a sesquicentennial farmstead in Brighton by Tim Bennett

2:00 PM Life at the Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School as Seen through Archaeology by Dr. Sarah Surface-Evans

Many displays ranging from Paleoindian to historic era artifacts will be on hand throughout the musuem.

More information can be found on the Michigan DNR website at http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-54463-283662--,00.html

Thanks,

Tim Bennett
Vice President & webmaster
Michigan Archaeological Society