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20-Historical Archaeology In Battle Creek, Michigan: The 1996 Field Season At The Warren B. Shepard Site (20ca104), Nicole Kuemin, Christine Mcmillan, Michael S. Nassaney, Carol Nickolai, William Sauck, Daniel Sayers
20-Historical Archaeology In Battle Creek, Michigan: The 1996 Field Season At The Warren B. Shepard Site (20ca104), Nicole Kuemin, Christine Mcmillan, Michael S. Nassaney, Carol Nickolai, William Sauck, Daniel Sayers
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An intensive archaeological survey was conducted at the Shepard site (20CA104) in Battle Creek, Michigan from April 29 through July 12, 1996. Historical background research had indicated that the site was the location of Native American activity until the 1830s when it was settled by the town's first school teacher, Warren B. Shepard. In the early 1850s, Shepard constructed a large, brick Greek Revival house on the site that stands to this day. The house and its associated landscape have been the focus of our investigations.
Documentary evidence suggested the presence of various outbuildings and other landscape features that were …