Weber I Site, MI (20SA581) Project

Summary

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 91 square meters were excavated. This occupation is dated to ca. 6200-4900 B.P. based on two C14 dates. A sterile alluvial deposit of approximately 0.5 meters separates the Middle Archaic zone from the Late/Terminal Archaic occupation (Occupation Zone I) which produced 28 features, lithic artifacts, and both floral and faunal materials. A total of 98 square meters were excavated, and based on three C14 dates, Occupation Zone I is dated to ca. 2900-3000 B.P. The Late Archaic occupation is considered to have been occupied in late summer through early fall. Wet screening onsite as well as flotation samples facilitated fine scale sampling of the Middle Archaic (25 10 l. samples) and Late Archaic (27 10 l. samples) from both midden control and feature contexts.

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Weber I Site, MI (20SA581) Project. ( tDAR id: 394399) ; doi:10.6067/XCV83J3FBD

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Eastern Archaic Faunal Working Group

Keywords

Culture
Late Archaic • Middle Archaic

Material
Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Macrobotanical • Shell

Site Name
Weber 1 (20SA581)

Site Type
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Faunal Remains Prehistoric

Geographic Keywords
Saginaw River Drainage Basin, MI

Temporal Keywords
Late Archaic • Middle Archaic

Temporal Coverage

Radiocarbon Date: 3100 to 2880 (2990+/-110 RCYBP; Uncalibrated; Occupation Zone 1; Feature 226; BETA5473; charcoal)

Radiocarbon Date: 5017 to 4901 (4959+/-58 RCYBP; Uncalibrated; Occupation Zone 2; sheet midden; D-AMS020948; calcined bone)

Radiocarbon Date: 3050 to 2930 (2990+/-60 RCYBP; Uncalibrated; Occupation Zone 1; Feature 227; BETA5474; charcoal)

Radiocarbon Date: 6420 to 6040 (6230 +-/190 RCYBP; Uncalibrated; Occupation Zone 2; bone concentration; BETA6804; calcined bone)

Radiocarbon Date: 4760 to 4360 (4560 +/-200 RCYBP; Uncalibrated; Occupation Zone 2; Feature 233; SI5596; charcoal)

Radiocarbon Date: 2980 to 2840 (2910+/-70 RCYBP; Uncalibrated; Occupation Zone 1; Feature 201;BETA5472; charcoal)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -83.771; min lat: 43.308 ; max long: -83.744; max lat: 43.356 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Beverley Smith

Source Collections

Michigan State University

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Basic Information

DOI
doi:10.6067/XCV83J3FBD
tDAR ID
394399