Elam Site (Site Name Keyword)

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Paleoethnobotany of the Upper Mississippian Component at the Elam Site, a Seasonal Encampment on the Lower Kalamazoo River (1981)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn E. Parachini.

Carbonized floral remains from the Elam site (20AE195) located on the Kalamazoo River in Allegan County, Michigan are identified and analyzed in terms of the local Upper Mississippian subsistence system. The function of Elam as a specialized activity locus in the seasonal round of a late prehistoric people is examined. Interpretations of the botanical data permit hypothetical reconstruction of vegetation and natural ecosystems in the site vicinity as they were prior to Euro-American contact. A...

Phase I Archeological Survey of the Proposed Fishing Access Site at Calkins Bridge Dam, Allegan County, Michigan (1983)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Elizabeth B. Garland.

In February of 1983, the State Archaeologist, Dr. John Halsey, initiated conversations regarding plans by the Department of Natural Resources to develop a fishing access site at the Calkins Bridge Dam on the Kalamazoo River in Sec. 15 of Valley Township, Allegan County. Specifically, Dr. Halsey enquired whether this project would adversely affect the Elam Site (20AE195) an important prehistoric site situated near this locality. The Elam Site would not be directly affected, but that the area for...