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Book
reveals new discoveries in Michigan’s underwater archaeology
The long-awaited, new and improved second edition of Beneath the Inland
Seas: Michigan’s Underwater Archaeological Heritage, edited by State
Archaeologist John R. Halsey and State Maritime Archaeologist Wayne R.
Lusardi, is now available.
“Forty percent of Michigan lies underwater. Under that
water are some of the best-preserved shipwrecks in the world,” says State
Archaeologist John Halsey, who has dedicated the past two decades to
Michigan’s underwater archaeology. “There are no blue prints, no plans, no
models of these ships available for us to study. A lot of our state’s
maritime history sits at the bottom of our lakes, just waiting to be
analyzed.”
In addition to historical background material, this 112-page volume provides
information on new discoveries, new ideas and new facilities regarding
underwater archaeology over the last twenty years.
A major addition are vignettes of 19 shipwrecks, including at least one from
each of 11 Michigan bottomland preserves—the areas where there are the
greatest concentration of shipwrecks and are protected by the state—written
by the archaeologists, historians and sport divers who know them best.
Beneath the Inland Seas will be unveiled at the
Thunder Bay Maritime Festival at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center in
Alpena on July 4th. Cover price is $19.95. |
