Find of a Thousand Lifetimes

James Robert Paquette is a native son of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and a 1974 Magna CumLaude graduate of Northern Michigan University. Often times described as a true modern-day Renaissanceman, Paquette s passions are many. He is a successful freelance outdoor writer and photographer, an awardwinning labor journalist and editor, and the author of numerous published articles on relic and treasurehunting. He is an honored regional historian who has authored many news reports and historical articles forvarious local and regional media publications. Paquette is also a much sought after public speaker, and hasprovided frequent lectures and educational programs at universities, local schools, historical societies, andmany other organizations. His greatest passion, however, is prehistoric archaeology. A self-taught avocational archaeologist,Paquette has worked on numerous professional archaeological site surveys and excavations, including thehistoric 1986-87 Deer Lake Gorto Site project. Recognized as one of the preeminent authorities on LatePaleo-Indian adaptations in the region, he has co-authored and published three major research reports onGreat Lakes Late Paleo-Indian archaeology. Since 1984, Paquette has been conducting a personal ongoing archaeological field survey in the centralU.P. for the purpose of locating, documenting, and preserving prehistoric Native American sites and artifacts. In the process of uncovering dozens of ancient sites in the rugged highlands of Marquette County, Paquettehas documented the earliest archaeological evidence of human occupation in Michigan s Lake Superiorcountry. This treasured evidence provided Paquette with the necessary data that enabled him to prove thatancient Paleo-Indian peoples lived and hunted deep in the heart of the Upper Peninsula near the end of lastIce Age, perhaps some 12,000 years ago.