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200 Objects in 200 Days In honor of the University of Michigan’s 2017 bicentennial, the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology is posting one entry each day for 200 days. The entries highlight objects from the collections, museum personalities, and UMMAA expeditions. On Day 115, the featured artifact was this Navajo weaving from Arizona. See today's object in our Recent News, below. Or click the link above to read the posts in our 200 Objects for 200 Days archive.

The Move: Month 14 Ceramics and textiles leave Kipke and books leave Ruthven, all bound for RMC

Museum Publications Since 1932, the Museum has published groundbreaking archaeological and ethnographic research. Our books cover excavations and expeditions from Oaxaca to Madagascar and from Lake Huron to the Himalayas.

Kolomoki, a Woodland site in southwestern Georgia In 2016, the Kolomoki South Village Project, co-directed by Thomas J. Pluckhahn, Shaun West, and Martin Menz (University of Michigan), finished its final field season. Kolomoki was inhabited during the Middle and Late Woodland Periods (ca. AD 300–900) and contains nine mounds, including the 17-meter tall Mound A, pictured here.

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Day 141: 200 Objects in 200 Days

Projectile points, c. 1500 BC–AD 100, Illinois

Day 140: 200 Objects in 200 Days

Noh masks, before 1925, Japan

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The Museum of Anthropological Archaeology is an international leader in research and student training. Our research collections—which include materials from many parts of the New and Old Worlds—support undergraduate and graduate education, and a portion is displayed in the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History. This website contains information about faculty research, the Museum's organization, and selected images from field work and collections.

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Events

Oct

Romance and Reality in the Mythical Mission Past: How We Found the Long-lost Spanish Mission on St. Catherines Island

Dr. David Hurst Thomas, American Museum of Natural History

12:00 PM
Room 2009 Ruthven Museums Building

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