Date of Award
12-1980
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Dr. William Cremin
Second Advisor
Dr. Elizabeth Garland
Third Advisor
Dr. Robert Maher
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Analysis of faunal remains from the Schwerdt site, a fifteenth century encampment on the Kalamazoo River, reveals a temporary late spring occupation with an exploitative strategy aimed primarily at the spawning sturgeon. The position of Schwerdt in a larger subsistence/ settlement system is examined through comparisons with other contemporaneous sites in the southeastern Lake Michigan region. Changes in subsistence strategies on the northern periphery of effective maize agriculture.
Recommended Citation
Higgins, Michael J., "An Analysis of the Faunal Remains from the Schwerdt Site, a Late Prehistoric Encampment in Allegan County, Michigan" (1980). Masters Theses. 1908.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1908