Marquette Viaduct Replacement (20BY28/387) Project

Summary

The Marquette Viaduct Replacement Project (20BY28/387) represents a continuation of decades of archaeological work in an industrial area near downtown Bay City, MI along the west bank of the Saginaw River approximately 2 km. from the mouth of the river where it empties into Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron. Occupation of the area begins in the Late Archaic and all subsequent prehistoric cultural periods are represented as well as the historic Fletcher Site, a large 18th century Native American cemetery site. The sites lie at 182 m. ASL and detailed work by William Monaghan and William Lovis have contributed valuable geomorphological data in an effort to track the complex sequence of changing lake levels in the region. The 2000 excavations of this locality of 20BY28 and 20BY387 revealed two contiguous occupations dating to the Late Archaic and Late Woodland periods. The two cultural periods are delineated on the basis on ceramics and lithics recovered within features and the faunal analysis considers only animal bone from features recovered through ¼” mesh and 10 l. or more flotation samples. In total, Block 28 (50 m2) and Block 387 (140 m2) revealed 141 features and 3 Late Archaic period burials which have been repatriated. Fifteen features produced faunal remains dated to the Late Archaic and the occupations are dated between ca. 4200-3000 radiocarbon years BP.

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Marquette Viaduct Replacement (20BY28/387) Project. ( tDAR id: 394403) ; doi:10.6067/XCV89025RZ

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Eastern Archaic Faunal Working Group

Keywords

Culture
Late Archaic • Late Woodland

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Shell

Site Name
20BY28/387

Site Type
Archaeological Feature

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Faunal Remains -Prehistoric

Geographic Keywords
Saginaw Valley, MI • Southeastern Michigan

Temporal Keywords
Late Archaic • Late Woodland

Temporal Coverage

Radiocarbon Date: 4152 to 4080 (20BY387; 4116+/-36 RCYBP; Uncalibrated; Feature 30 NE1/4;; D-AMS020951; calcined bone)

Radiocarbon Date: 4350 to 4150 (20BY387; 4250+/-100 RCYBP; Uncalibrated; Feature 68; BETA154680; botanical)

Radiocarbon Date: 3740 to 3600 (20BY28; 3670+/-70 RCYBP; Uncalibrated; Feature 17B; BETA154674; botanical)

Radiocarbon Date: 3790 to 3690 (20BY28; 3740+/-50 RCYBP; Uncalibrated; Feature 3; BETA154672; botanical)

Radiocarbon Date: 3756 to 3674 (20BY28; 3715+/-41 RCYBP; Uncalibrated; Feature 19; D-AMS020949; calcined bone)

Radiocarbon Date: 3820 to 3700 (20BY28; 3760+/-60 RCYBP; Uncalibrated; Feature 52; BETA154676; botanical)

Radiocarbon Date: 3700 to 3620 (20BY28;3660+/-40 RCYBP; Uncalibrated; Feature 13; BETA154673; botanical)

Radiocarbon Date: 4104 to 4042 (20BY28; 4073+/-31 RCYBP; Uncalibrated; Feature 33 E1/2; D-AMS020950; bone collagen)

Radiocarbon Date: 3020 to 2900 (20BY28; 2960+/-60 RCYBP; Uncalibrated; Feature 57; BETA154677; botanical)

Radiocarbon Date: 3906 to 3820 (20BY387; 3863+/-43 RCYBP; Feature 60 E1/2; D-AMS020953; calcined bone)

Radiocarbon Date: 4020 to 3940 (20BY387; 3980+/-40 RCYBP; Uncalibrated; Feature 53; BETA154678; botanical)

Radiocarbon Date: 3880 to 3800 (20BY387; 3840+/-40 RCYBP; uncalibrated; Feature 60 W1/2; BETA181524; Cucurbito pepo rind)

Radiocarbon Date: 4040 to 3972 (20BY387; 4006+/-34; Uncalibrated; Feature 58 N1/2; D-AMS020952; calcined bone)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -83.913; min lat: 43.58 ; max long: -83.837; max lat: 43.63 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Beverley Smith

Source Collections

Michigan State University

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Marquette Viaduct Replacement (20BY28/387) Project

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Marquette Viaduct Replacement (20BY28/387) Project

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