Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project

Newsletter 2012

Find out about about the lead cloth seal engraved in French and bearing the fleur de lis found on site, and read about last years season at Fort St Joseph in the 2012 Newsletter .

Fur Trade Booklet Available Online 

The Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project booklet series is available online in PDF format. Learn about the roles of the Women of New France in our first booklet or read about The Fur Trade in the latest installment in the series.

Fort St. Joseph Project Brings Virtual Lectures to Classrooms

Don’t like to get your hands dirty? Dreading the thought of loading 30 screaming sixth graders onto a bus headed to Niles, Mich.? Just want to know what it’s like out in the archaeological wilds?

Now you can, without leaving the comfort of your chair! Western Michigan University’s Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project is offering free virtual lectures on the Project.

Field School 2012

The Department of Anthropology invites you to participate in its 37th Annual Archaeological Field School - Summer II (June 28-August 17, 2012).

Open House 2012

Visit the Fort St. Joseph site during the annual open house. The free event spreads awareness of the project and educates the public on the goings-on of the Project. The 2012 open house will be held August 11-12.

Public Archaeology at Fort St. Joseph

See how university students and the community benefit from archaeology at Fort St. Joseph.