Archaeologists have studied the Sanilac Petroglyphs site since the 1920s. They have recorded these carvings through drawings, photographs and plaster casts, and excavated in the area around the rock outcrop.
Stone tools and pottery found . . . — — Map (db m211153) HM
Written On Stone
Ezhibiigaadek asin represents the collective memory of the Great Lakes Anishinabek (Original People) ancestors. Throughout the Anishinabek aboriginal territory, certain areas were used for ceremony. These areas were sought . . . — — Map (db m211150) HM
Cattail/Apakweshkway
Michigan Indians wove floor mats for their lodges from cattail leaves and insulated their moccasins and clothing with cattail down. They mixed cattail down with coyote fat to soothe smallpox sores. The flammability of . . . — — Map (db m211600) HM
For thousands of years, people worldwide have carved images in stone (petroglyphs) to honor their ancestors, record teachings and mark important places and events. Within the last 1,500 years, Native people carved more than 100 petroglyphs on the . . . — — Map (db m211143) HM
The Sanilac Petroglyphs are carved into an outcrop of a type of rock known as the Marshall Sandstone. About 340 million years ago, this area was a river delta. Sand, mud and lime deposited by the water hardened to form the Marshall Sandstone. . . . — — Map (db m211147) HM
