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Office of the State Archaeologist

Contacting OSA
How to reach the Office of the State Archaeologist.

What Is OSA?
The Office of the State Archaeologist, Michigan Historical Center, records, investigates, interprets and protects Michigan's archaeological sites.

Explore Michigan's underwater past
Bow of the Grecian shipwreck in Lake Huron.

Let the Office of the State Archaeologist show you how you can learn about and enjoy Michigan's submerged past and other things maritime.

OSA Programs

Prehistoric or Other Archaeological Artifacts
Find out how you can donate artifacts to the Office of the State Archaeologist.

Office of the State Archaeologist PDF icon

This color brochure describes the programs of the Office of the State Archaeologist.

Spotlight

• Digging Up Controversy: The Michigan Relics
Are these artifacts evidence of an ancient civilization or are they an artful hoax? The collection of the seldom-seen clay, copper and slate artifacts known as the Michigan Relics was featured in a special exhibit at the Michigan Historical Museum in downtown Lansing. The museum exhibit is closed, but you can still take the online minitour.

• Schooner in the Sand: Unlocking the Secrets of a Great Lakes Shipwreck
Take the online minitour of the exhibit based upon the archaeological investigation of this mystery wreck.

• Retrieving Michigan's Buried Past: The Archaeology of the Great Lakes State
THE book about archaeology in Michigan.

• The Hunt for the Past
The 2002 Michigan Archaeology Day Poster [PDF]


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