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Juntunen contacted The University of Michigan, and the University's Alan McPherron and James Griffin conducted multiple excavations from 1960 to 1963. Charles Juntunen, the property owner of the site, discovered more remains in 1959 while bulldozing a road.

Excavations were carried out over the next few years. The Juntunen site was discovered in 1932 by Robert Braidwood of the University of Michigan, who found human remains eroding from the surface of a group of mounds. The frequent but seasonal occupation of the site led to a stratified layering of archaeological remains at the site, consisting of up to 25 separate layers. The site was used during the Late Woodland period (c.

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The site also contains five ossuaries, plus an infant burial and additional remains collected from the surface. It was likely a seasonal fall fishing village similar to the nearby Scott Point site. The site was a large seasonal fishing camp covering approximately 2 acres (0.81 ha). The Juntunen site is located on a low sand beach about 600 feet from and 17 feet above the current lakeshore. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The Juntunen site, also known as 20MK1, is a stratified prehistoric Late Woodland fishing village located on the western tip of Bois Blanc Island.

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