MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s state archaeologist is dead after a training dive in Madison. Rescuers pulled 63-year-old James Skibo from Lake Mendota on Friday morning. Wisconsin Historical Society Director and CEO Christian Overland said Skibo was with two other divers training for the upcoming season. The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office says the cause of death is still under investigation. Skibo was named state archaeologist in 2021. He recovered a 1,200-year-old canoe in Lake Mendota in June 2021 and a 3,000-year-old canoe in the same lake this past September. The Wisconsin Historical Society said on its Facebook page that Skibo was looking forward to more dives in Lake Mendota this spring to continuing exploring the canoe sites.
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