Great Lakes Archaeology: Current Research and Perspectives

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

There is a long history of archaeological research in the Great Lakes region, and much of that research has taken place in the last decade or is ongoing. A number of projects combine traditional and innovative methodologies to offer new insights into the once-obscure worlds of ancient hunter-gatherers' lives. This symposium brings together scholars studying Great Lakes archaeology to present their current and recent research investigating ancient daily practices through the study of a diverse range of topics, including: technological organization and innovation, craft production, subsistence and cuisine, cultural interactions, and human-landscape interactions.

Other Keywords
Subsistence • Hunter-Gatherer • Paleoenvironments • Ceramics • Food Processing • Lithic Technology • Underwater Archaeology • Mobility • Prehistoric • Late Prehistoric

Geographic Keywords
North America - Midwest • US (ISO Country Code) • United States of America (Country) • Missouri (State / Territory) • Kentucky (State / Territory) • Illinois (State / Territory) • Wisconsin (State / Territory) • Indiana (State / Territory) • Michigan (State / Territory) • Nebraska (State / Territory)

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Documents
  1. Hunter-Gatherer Mobility Strategies: A Late Woodland Example from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (2015)
  2. Late Prehistoric Food Choices in the Upper Great Lakes Region: Evidence from 20OT283 and 20OT3 in the Lower Grand River Valley of Michigan (2015)
  3. Lithic Technological Organization on Grand Island, Michigan, During the Late Archaic Period (2015)
  4. Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of Copper Trace Element Composition: A Methodological Pilot Study (2015)
  5. Pottery Function, Cooking, and Subsistence in the Upper Great Lakes: A View from the Middle Woodland Winter Site in Northern Michigan (2015)
  6. Prehistoric Subsistence Adaptation in the Upper Great Lakes: A Perspective from Butternut-Franklin Lakes (2015)
  7. Pros and Cons of Consulting Collectors: A Case Study from the River Raisin in Michigan (2015)
  8. A Proto-Historic Site in the Western Great Lakes (2015)
  9. Where the Hunters Hunted: Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the submerged archaeological landscapes of the Alpena-Amberley Ridge, Lake Huron (2015)