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The Old Copper complex of the Western Great Lakes is the best known, and can be dated as far back as 9,500 years ago. [4] [1] Great Lakes natives of the Archaic period located 99% pure copper near Lake Superior, in veins touching the surface and in nuggets from gravel beds.
Copper Culture State Park is a 42-acre (17 ha) [3] Wisconsin state park in Oconto, northeastern Wisconsin, United States. The park has natural areas, farmlands, archaeological sites, and a Native American museum.
Copper artifacts- including 1 ring, 1 perforator and 5 sheet copper fragments; The non-pottery artifacts found at an archaeological site can provide useful cultural context as well as a glimpse into the domestic tasks performed at a site; ceremonial or religious activities; recreational activities; and clothing or personal adornment. [6]
Copper Falls State Park is a 3,068-acre (1,242 ha) state park in Wisconsin. The park contains a section of the Bad River and its tributary the Tylers Forks, which flow through a gorge and drop over several waterfalls. Old Copper Culture Indians and later European settlers mined copper in the area.
The Red Ocher people were an indigenous people of North America. A series of archaeological sites located in the Upper Great Lakes, the Greater Illinois River Valley, and the Ohio River Valley in the American Midwest have been discovered to be a Red Ocher burial complex, dating from 1000 BC to 400 BC, the Terminal Archaic – Early Woodland period.
Includes Charles Werrenbroeck Museum with artifacts of Copper Culture peoples Crivitz Area Museum: Crivitz: Marinette: Lake Michigan: Local history: Operated by the Crivitz-Stephenson Historical Society [15] Cross Plains-Berry Historical Society Museum: Cross Plains: Dane: Southern Savanna: Local history [16] Grant County History Museum ...
Museum directors across the state are scrambling to comply with a new federal rule that requires permission from tribal nations before displaying certain affiliated artifacts.
The earliest known humans at Silver Mound were Paleo-Indians, who entered the area about 9550 BC. [4] This is not long after the last glacier began retreating a short distance to the north, when the climate remained cool and mammoths and mastodons still roamed the area. To hunt them, the Paleo-Indians needed good projectile points.