Date of Award
4-1981
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Dr. Elizabeth B. Garland
Second Advisor
Dr. Nedenia Kennedy
Third Advisor
Dr. William Cremin
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Carbonized floral remains from the Elam site (20AE195) located on the Kalamazoo River in Allegan County, Michigan are identified and analyzed in terms of the local Upper Mississippian subsistence system. The function of Elam as a specialized activity locus in the seasonal round of a late prehistoric people is examined. Interpretations of the botanical data permit hypothetical reconstruction of vegetation and natural ecosystems in the site vicinity as they were prior to Euro-American contact. A warm weather seasonal re-occupation of several months duration is indicated, with intensive exploitation of several plant and animal resources abundant in the riverine and marsh habitats adjacent to the site .
Recommended Citation
Parachini, Kathryn E., "The Paleoethnobotany of the Upper Mississippi Component at the Elam Site, a Seasonal Encampment on the Lower Kalamazoo River" (1981). Masters Theses. 1811.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1811