06/24/2025
Research and community engagement Ho hand in hand!
Hunting ground research project deep in Lake Huron inspires Alpena community
Ken McQuarrie grew up two blocks from Thunder Bay, in Alpena, where his dad and uncles were divers. One uncle explored shipwrecks in the bay. But McQuarrie never learned to dive, and began attending Alpena Community College after he graduated high school. He started working to make ends meet after h
01/03/2025
UofM Researchers Uncovered a 9,000-Year-Old Hunting Site Beneath Lake Huron - The Sun Times News
The discovery revealed how ancient hunters used sophisticated techniques to pursue caribou on what was once dry land. A ... Read more
05/31/2024
Caribou herds are defined by where they calve. The Western Arctic Herd (WAH) calves primarily within the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska (NPR-A) in northwest Alaska from very late May to early June. The WAH has repeatedly used their calving grounds for at least 100 years and likely for thousands of years. Calves only need a few days before they can keep up with the herd. Their energy is tied to nursing from their mothers. The tundra quickly greens up after calving, which provides all the nutrients caribou mothers need to keep their calves growing quickly.
Photo: A Western Arctic Herd caribou calf nursing from her mother in early June on the calving grounds (image from a camera collar (NPS)).
Contact: Kyle Joly [email protected]
For more information, check out the following links:
https://www.nps.gov/im/arcn/caribou.htm
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/bouseasonalfidelity.htm
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/cariboucalvinglocales.htm
https://www.nps.gov/articles/cariboucalves.htm
02/21/2024
The talk will be online as well!
Passcode 225925
https://umich.zoom.us/j/92310779607
Please join us for this Friday's Brown Bag lecture with Dr. John O'Shea, Professor of Anthropology and Curator of the Great Lakes Museum of Anthropological Archaeology at the University of Michigan.
Title: “Dispatches from a Lost World: Archaeology on an Early Holocene Submerged Landscape”
When: Friday, February 23, 12:00-1:00
Where: SOE Building, Room 1322
We hope to see you there!
02/20/2024
PRESENTATION THIS WEEK! 🌊 🤿 🦌
The UMMAA Brown Bag Lecture Series presents
John O'Shea, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan and Curator of the Great Lakes, Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
Dispatches from a Lost World: Archaeology on an Early Holocene Submerged Landscape
Friday, February 23, 2024 | 12:00-1:00 pm EST
School of Education Building Room 1322
610 E. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI
Since 2008, UMMAA has conducted archaeological research on a submerged Early Holocene landscape (roughly 11,500-7,000 cal yr. BP) preserved beneath modern Lake Huron. The discoveries are unprecedented on terrestrial sites in the Great Lakes region but share many similarities with contemporary occupations in other recently deglaciated portions of North America. The talk will briefly summarize the history and methods of the research and then discuss more recent discoveries and directions. The presentation will also underscore the inherently cyclical nature of research, where this year’s answers often lead to new and unanticipated questions.
11/04/2023
Attention Subsistence Hunters!
The Western Arctic Caribou Herd population is the lowest it has been in 40 years. The most recent estimate of the population is 152,000 caribou – that’s 12,000 fewer caribou than the 2022 estimate.
Limiting the harvest of cows is critical to slowing the herd's decline. Cows produce the calves that make up the next generation of caribou. Harvesting bulls will have less impact on the population. If caribou become available in your community, focus harvest on young bulls. Harvesting bull caribou has less effect on the population. Let cows live!
NPS Photo/Cait Johnson: Caribou walk on the ice of Kotzebue Sound. Seals float in the open water.
09/14/2023
It is National Coloring Day, and in recognition of this wonderful day, here is a link to the National Historic Landmarks of Alaska Coloring Book! In it, you can find many places throughout the state to color, but we like the one featuring Onion Portage the best! Shown is a version done by Audrey Paul, one of our summer interns.
https://ow.ly/e44l50PLnAa
Photo credit/NPS
06/08/2023
Check out our new YouTube channel and start with this great video of one of our sampling methods underwater!
Archaeology at AAR - Underwater sampling
In this video you will see a diver sending an archaeological sample, excavated at 130 feet under Lake Huron, to the surface vessel for processing.Learn more ...
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