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2-An Archaeological Survey Of Allegan County, Michigan: 1977 Transect Survey In The Lower Kalamazoo River Valley, William M. Cremin, R. David Hoxie, Donald E. Weston

Archaeological Reports

Western Michigan University has sponsored archaeological field work in the Kalamazoo River Valley for the last 10 years. For the most part this research has been carried out by the Department of Anthropology's archaeological field school, which has been located in the lower valley during all or portions of 6 field seasons: 1968, 1969, 1973, 1976, 1977 and 1978. Prior to 1976, the Department's field program was directed by Elizabeth Baldwin Garland; and since that time by Garland and William Cremin.

With the inception of the Kalamazoo Basin Archaeological Project in 1976, the research objectives of our program in this …

4-Archaeological Survey To Determine Prehistoric Settlement Patterns In Allegan County, Michigan: 1978 Field Season, Elizabeth B. Garland, Robert G. Kingsley

Archaeological Reports

The 1978 Settlement Pattern Survey (SPS 78) in Allegan County, Michigan, a total of 242 sites were recorded, which could be further defined as 260 components. 243 of these components are prehistoric; 17 are historic. Of the 243 prehistoric components identified, 139 (57%) are of undetermined cultural affiliation, while 104 (43%) can be placed in cultural/chronological context. This report details the locations, environmental settings, and materials recovered from these sites, and an evaluation of the significance of these data is presented. i

3-An Archaeological Survey Of Allegan County, Michigan: 1978 Multiple Transect Survey In The Middle Kalamazoo River Valley, William M. Cremin, Jean F. Marek

Archaeological Reports

In 1977, as in the previous year, Cremin's Kalamazoo Basin Survey was integrated with the annual field school, but with the addition of grant support for survey from the Michigan History Division. The availability of external funding, together with our desire to implement more rigorous survey procedures, resulted in much better coverage during this season than had been realized in 1976.

The area investigated in 1977 is located 9 km upstream from the 1976 transect and included an area of 93 km 2 , or the equivalent of one township (Figure 1). This transect was stratified according to the distribution …