Saginaw River Drainage Basin, MI (Geographic Keyword)
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Faunal Identifications from Bear Creek (20SA1043), MI site
Bear Creek Site, MI (20SA1043) Project
The Bear Creek Site (20SA1043) is a small site on a tributary of the Shiawassee River in the Saginaw Valley drainage basin in Michigan. Site elevation is 180.6 AMSL. Archaeological work at the site was determined by the boundaries of a pipeline expansion in the Phase III of this CRM project in 1991, when 73 m2 were excavated in 1 m2 units. Five radiocarbon dates are reported from the site. The stratified deposits (Strata 2-5) represent encampments of short duration beginning ca. 4000 years...
The Lake Nipissing Transgression in the Saginaw Bay region, MI (1986)
The paper addressing Quaternary levels of the Great Lakes, specifically the Lake Nipissing maximum through consideration of radiocarbon dates, sediment analysis, and geomorphology for the Weber I site. The data supports an estimated date of 4600-4800 BP for the Lake Nipissing maximu.
Middle & Late Archaic Faunal & Floral Exploitation at the Weber I Site (20SA581), MI (1990)
The paper summarizes the faunal and floral remains for the Middle and Late Archaic Zones at the Weber I site as these occupations inform subsistence, seasonality, and palaeoecological reconstruction. Figures illustrate maps of spatial distribution of remains. Paper includes description of geographic setting, site description, recovery strategy, and analytic methodology.
Weber I Middle Archaic faunal dataset (1983)
Faunal Identifications from Middle Archaic -Zone 2 occupation
Weber I Site Late Archaic faunal database (1983)
Faunal Identifications from Late Archaic -Zone 1
Weber I Site, MI (20SA581) Project
The Weber I site is a stratified Archaic period site located on the Cass River where it flows through the outskirts of Frankenmuth, Michigan in the Saginaw Valley region. The lower strata (Occupation Zone II) is the only sealed cultural occupation dated to the Middle Archaic period in the Upper Great Lakes in which organic remains are preserved. Seven features, lithic artifacts, and both faunal and floral materials indicate a late summer through fall season of multiple occupations. A total of...