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Unusual artifacts have been dug up all over the Great Lakes
Region, and North America, for that matter. Huge skulls, stone slabs
with strange inscriptions, and medieval weapons to name a few. The
Besser Museum in Alpena, Michigan houses a rare collection of
hundreds of prehistoric shale discs. One aspect of these discs is
that nothing like them has been discovered anywhere else. The discs
are unique to Alpena. Before the disks were verified as prehistoric,
none had been recorded in archaeological reports. The sheer number
alone sets this discovery apart.
The four discovery sites around Alpena are unique, only one other discovery has been made, anywhere. A single disc was found at an archaeological site on Georgian Bay on the Canadian side of Lake Huron. The purpose of the discs remains unexplained. Some have inscriptions, but most are blank. The inscriptions appear to be spiritual images. Some are said to be important in the cosmology of the Algonquian people. Some of the discs have holes in them as if for wearing as a necklace. Most of the discs appear worn down as if they had been carried around in a pocket or bag much like the wear seen on loose change.