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9-Settlement Pattern Survey In Allegan County, Michigan: 1980 Field Season, Elizabeth B. Garland, Kathryn Parachini
9-Settlement Pattern Survey In Allegan County, Michigan: 1980 Field Season, Elizabeth B. Garland, Kathryn Parachini
Archaeological Reports
The 1980 Settlement Pattern Survey in Allegan County, Michigan observed and recorded 75 prehistoric sites representing a total of 81 components. This report describes and evaluates these sites and the archaeological materials recovered from them. Site location relative to second and third order streams in this portion of the Lower Kalamazoo River basin is evaluated, and the importance of this relationship in comparison with soil association and landform is assessed.
10-An Archaeological Survey Of Calhoun And Jackson Counties, Michigan: 1980 Multiple Transect Survey In The Upper Kalamazoo River Valley, William M. Cremin, Rebecca E. Dinsmore
10-An Archaeological Survey Of Calhoun And Jackson Counties, Michigan: 1980 Multiple Transect Survey In The Upper Kalamazoo River Valley, William M. Cremin, Rebecca E. Dinsmore
Archaeological Reports
In 1980 the Kalamazoo Basin Survey moved upstream into the upper valley of Calhoun and Jackson Counties, establishing and investigating three transects located between the communities of Battle Creek on the west and Concord on the east (Fig. 1). Transect A encompasses 94.5 km2 of Convis, Emmett, Marshall and Pennfield Townships in Calhoun County. Transect B comprises 74.1 km2 of Albion, Eckford, Marengo and Sheridan Townships in the same county. Transect C includes 82.9 km2 of Concord and Pulaski Townships in Jackson County and represents the final transect to be investigated as part of the project. As …
8-The Portage River Archaeological Survey, St. Joseph County, Michigan, Lawrence G. Dorothy, Elizabeth B. Garland
8-The Portage River Archaeological Survey, St. Joseph County, Michigan, Lawrence G. Dorothy, Elizabeth B. Garland
Archaeological Reports
A 20-day field/informant type of archaeological survey was performed on a 13 section corridor in Park and Mendon townships in St. Joseph County and section 32 of Brady Township in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. This survey universe bordered on portions of the Portage River and its tributaries and along the shores of Portage and Fishers lakes. Twenty-nine prehistoric human occupation sites were located, described and recorded during the survey, five of which had been previously known (four unrecorded). Many of the sites were multicomponent but the majority of components are believed to represent Archaic period cultural manifestations. About 300 recognizable artifacts …