From Wood to Watercraft: Dugout Canoes of Wisconsin

Name: From Wood to Watercraft: Dugout Canoes of Wisconsin
Start: 2025-03-24T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-24T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Waupaca Area Public Library

Schedule

Mon Mar 24 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Waupaca Area Public Library | Waupaca, WI

Sissel Schroeder, Phd is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at UW-Madison. Her research focuses on cultural-environmental systems and the archaeology of climate change on ancient peoples of the southeastern United States and the Midwest. Tamara Thomsen has worked as a maritime archaeologist with the Wisconsin Historical Society's Maritime Preservation and Archaeology program. Her research has resulted in the nomination of more than sixty submerged sites to the National Register of Historic Places. The Wisconsin Dugout Canoe Survey Project highlights the persistence of cultural traditions and technological ingenuity. It embodies the Wisconsin Idea by engaging local and national museums, historical societies, and tribal museums in this project that is documenting an important yet relatively rare form of material culture.