Berrien Phase (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Paul W. McAllister.

The Schwerdt ceramic assemblage from southwest Michigan presents a local variant of a larger, diverse cultural and ceramic complex known as the Upper Mississippian. This is a Late Woodland temporal phenomenon beginning as early as 700 A.D. (Overstreet 1978) in some areas and continuing into proto-historic times. The temporal and spatial placement of the Schwerdt ceramic assemblage was a highly complex task. It would be an understatement to say that it was just a little confusing to try to sort...