Join us Wednesday, November 13th, 2024 at Capital Brewery, 7734 Terrace Ave, Middleton. The meeting starts at 7pm, but feel free to come by starting at 6:30 to socialize. Capital Brewery doesn’t serve food, but you are free to bring outside food in.
Our speaker this month is Dr. Amy Rosebrough, who is the Wisconsin State Archaeologist, in the State Historic Preservation Office of the Wisconsin Historical Society. A native of the Missouri Ozarks, she has long had an interest in burial monuments and archaeology. She is an alumni of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and she received her doctorate in 2010 for region-wide re-analysis of Wisconsin’s effigy mounds and mound builders. She has worked as an archaeologist in the academic, private, and public sectors. In her current position at the Wisconsin Historical Society, she manages archaeological and burial sites data, assists Wisconsin’s citizens with archaeological questions, and serves as a subject matter expert.
Abstract:
In 2021 and 2022 divers raised two dugout canoes from Lake Mendota in coordination with Wisconsin’s Native Nations. These events made international news and drew attention to the archaeological heritage to be found in Madison’s lakes. But there was more to the story, and now it can be told. Come hear behind-the-scenes details of the Lake Mendota canoes and what they tell us about the history of De Jope and our neighboring lake bottoms.
