The Winter Site is an archaeological site located along Big Bay de Noc north of Garden, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
Winter Site | |
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| Location | On a small tributary of Big Bay de Noc near Garden, Michigan[2] |
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| Coordinates | 45°50′0″N 86°32′0″W / 45.83333°N 86.53333°W |
| Area | 0 acres (0 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 76001027[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 19, 1976 |
The site is located about 1,000 feet (300 m) inland from the water along a small tributary.[3] The site was occupied at a time when the Lake Michigan shoreline extended further inland than it does today.[3] It was excavated by researchers from Western Michigan University in the mid-1970s.[4]
The site was populated by Middle Woodland period peoples at two distinct times: one earlier occupation of relatively short duration (1 to 2 seasons) and a later occupation that lasted longer.[3] The occupation was interrupted by what was likely a short rise in lake level or a heavy seasonal flood.[3] Remains at the site indicate that the inhabitants subsisted on fall-spawning fish, and therefore the site represents an early experimentation in coastal living in the late fall and winter.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ The NRIS gives the location of the Winter Site as "address restricted." However, Martin has described the location (ref: Terrance J. Martin (April 1980), "Animal Remains from the Winter Site, a Middle Woodland Occupation in Delta County, Michigan", Wisconsin Archeologist, 61: 91–99) The given geo-coordinates are approximate.
- ^ a b c d e Terrance J. Martin (April 1980), "Animal Remains from the Winter Site, a Middle Woodland Occupation in Delta County, Michigan", Wisconsin Archeologist, 61: 91–99
- ^ "Fayette Historic Townsite Cultural Resource Management Plan". US Government Printing Office. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
Further reading
edit- Terrance J. Martin (April 1980), "Animal Remains from the Winter Site, a Middle Woodland Occupation in Delta County, Michigan", Wisconsin Archeologist, 61: 91–99
- Jeffrey J. Richner (1973), Depositional history and tool industries at the Winter site: a Lake Forest Middle Woodland cultural manifestation (thesis), Western Michigan University
- Thomas H. Bianchi (1974), Description and Analysis of the Prehistoric Ceramic Materials Recovered on the Winter Site (thesis), Western Michigan University