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

Author(s): Kathryn E. Parachini

Year: 1981

Summary

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 warm weather seasonal re-occupation of several months duration is indicated, with intensive exploitation of several plant and animal resources abundant in the riverine and marsh habitats adjacent to the site.

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Paleoethnobotany of the Upper Mississippian Component at the Elam Site, a Seasonal Encampment on the Lower Kalamazoo River. Kathryn E. Parachini. Masters Thesis. Western Michigan University, Anthropology. 1981 ( tDAR id: 236684) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8236684

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Keywords

Culture
Mississippian

Site Name
20AE195 • Elam Site

General
Paleoethnobotany

Geographic Keywords
Allegan (County) • Kalamazoo River • Michigan (State / Territory)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -85.998; min lat: 41.997 ; max long: -85.06; max lat: 42.429 ;

Record Identifiers

NADB document id number(s): 5605712

NADB citation id number(s): 000000241463

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