Date of Award
4-1986
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Dr. Elizabeth B. Garland
Second Advisor
Dr. William M. Cremin
Third Advisor
Dr. Robert Jack Smith
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
This analysis was carried out on lithic materials collected during the three years of the Settlement Pattern Survey in the Lower Kalamazoo River valley, 1978-1980. The objectives of the study were to provide a firm temporal sequence for the prehistory of the area based on diagnostic projectile point styles, and to assess the dynamics of interregional contact via the identification of chert types from distant source areas. The sample of projectile points provided evidence of human occupation of the Lower Kalamazoo River valley from Paleoindian through Late Woodland times, most notably new evidence for significant occupation in the Early Archaic and Middle Woodland periods. The exotic chert types identified, in association with the diagnostic projectile points, demonstrated that exchange between the inhabitants of this region and other areas of the Midwest varied over time.
Recommended Citation
Campbell, Amy L., "An Analysis of the Lithic Raw Materials and Diagnostic Projectile Points from the Settlement Pattern Survey Project in the Lower Kalamazoo River Valley" (1986). Masters Theses. 1304.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1304