The Mendota Dugout Canoes: Discovery, Recovery, and Ongoing Research 

In 2021, a 1,200 year old canoe was discovered in Madison’s Lake Mendota. Selected as one of the top ten archaeological discoveries in the world for 2021, its recovery made worldwide news. In the fall of 2022, a 3,000 year old canoe was found in the same location. It is the oldest canoe in the Great Lakes and the second oldest in North America. This presentation recounts the discovery and recovery of the canoes and describes the ongoing research in collaboration with the Ho-Chunk Nation.
Presented by James M. Skibo PhD. James Skibo is the Wisconsin State
Archaeologist with the Wisconsin Historical Society. He received his MA and PhD at the University of Arizona and has worked in the Philippines, the American Southwest and the Great Lakes.