Date of Award
12-1984
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Dr. William Cremin
Second Advisor
Dr. Robert Maher
Third Advisor
Dr. David Stothers
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
An introduction to the late prehistoric Upper Mississippian component of the Ft. Meigs site is presented. Site context and history of research are presented, and the non-ceramic artifact assemblage is analyzed and discussed. An in depth analysis of the ceramic assemblage is presented, as well as discussion of the osteological, floral, and faunal remains. Ft. Meigs is then examined from a culture ecological perspective, and is discussed in terms of culture historical data and a theoretical schema. The site is employed to aid in illumination of the process of culture contact in general, and within the western Lake Erie Basin in particular, for the period A.D. 1200 to early historic times.
Recommended Citation
Rutter, William Evan, "The Upper Mississippi Component at The Fort Meigs Site, Northwest Ohio, with Special Emphasis on the Analysis of the Ceramic Assemblage" (1984). Masters Theses. 1551.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1551