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Mackinac Island Downtown Buildings Archaeology

Mackinac Island Downtown Buildings Archaeology

There have been two major archaeological excavations at Mackinac Island Historic Downtown Buildings.
The first was the excavation of an early 19th-century privy at the Biddle House in 1972. It was discovered while restoring a later privy and contained a fabulous collection of ceramics.

The second was the excavation of a pre-contact site during the conversion of the Indian Dormitory to the Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum.

Archeological Bibliography

Andrews Cultural Resources
– 2011 Archaeological Data Recovery Report of ‘Getewaaking’ A Middle to Late Woodland Historic Period Site (20MK457) Located on Mackinac Island, Mackinac County, Michigan.

Stone, Lyle M.
– 1975 The Biddle-john Site: An Early Nineteenth Century Outhouse on Mackinac Island Michigan. Unpublished report on file, Petersen Center.