2015 Archaeology Field Season in Review Posted October 16, 2015 The field season at Michilimackinac is over and as we dive into the winter lab work routine, there is time to reflect on what we learned this summer. Of course the most notable find of the summer was the intact rosary . We will devote some time this winter to trying to answer some of the questions it raised. Why does it have “extra” beads – is it a Brigittine rosary or are they for some other devotion? Was it made in France? How costly would it have been? Other questions will have to wait for further excavation next season. The rosary was found in the tenth-of-a-foot level above an as-yet-unidentified clay feature. The clay is surrounded by cobbles and a plank. It extends into an adjacent quad, which was partially excavated this summer. (more…)
