Date of Award
12-1983
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Dr. Elizabeth B. Garland
Second Advisor
Dr. William Cremin
Third Advisor
Dr. Robert Maher
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
An analysis of the features, lithics, and spatial distributions of all material culture recovered at the Mushroom site is presented. Based on this analysis and the ceramic analysis done by Mangold (1981:39-67), it is suggested that the major component at the Mushroom site was a warm season encampment, occupied during the late Middle Woodland period. The site appears to have been occupied by a few groups at a time. Comparison between the Mushroom site and the late Middle Woodland component at the Schultz site suggests that fishing may have been an important economic focus at the Mushroom site. Unlike the Schultz site, Mushroom lacks evidence of both long term occupation and ceremonialism.
Recommended Citation
Stout, Charles B., "Distribution Analysis of the Cultural Materials from the Mushroom Site (20 AE 88), Allegan County, Michigan" (1983). Masters Theses. 1544.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1544