University of Michigan archaeology student Brendan Nash (with screen) and UMMAA curator Dr. Henry Wright (background), along with independent researcher Thomas Talbot (not pictured) found Clovis tools at the Belson Site in St. Joseph County--the first time such tools had been found in Michigan. Photo taken in 2021. Credit: Daryl Marshke/Michigan Photography.
Over the past two years, U-M archaeology graduate student Brendan Nash and UMMAA curator Dr. Henry Wright, along with independent researcher Thomas Talbot, have changed the Clovis archaeology narrative with their excavations at the 13,000-year-old Belson site in southwest Michigan—the first-ever Clovis site discovered in the state as well as the earliest.
After the program, Brendan and Thomas hosted a virtual episode premiere party on Facebook Live and YouTube. You can watch a clip here.
Read more about the Belson site here: https://michigantoday.umich.edu/2021/08/27/rewriting-michigans-archaeological-history/
Read about the Great Lakes Now program here: https://www.greatlakesnow.org/series/
