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Milk Bottle Caps Link an Excavated School to Lansing’s Dairy History
Michigan State University archaeologists recovered milk bottle caps from the former Island School during a 2025 excavation. Marked with the name Heatherwood Farms, the small artifacts connect school lunches and local milk delivery with the material history of the Greater Lansing area.
Sep 5, 2026
Discoveries
Archaeological Fragments Identify a December 1957 Detroit Newspaper
Newspaper fragments recovered from a mid-20th-century midden at Michigan State University have been identified as pages from the December 12, 1957, Detroit Free Press. Differences between the excavated material and a digitized copy suggest the fragments may come from another edition of that day’s paper.
Sep 5, 2026