Date of Award
4-2007
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Dr. William Cremin
Second Advisor
Dr. Robert Anemone
Third Advisor
Dr. William Lovis
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
This research is the catalogue and study of the Gyftakis Site (20MK51) excavated in 1973 by Dr. James Fitting. The first part of this study involves the cataloguing and description of the artifacts excavated by Dr. James Fitting at the Gyftakis site located on the Marquette Mission block in St. Ignace, MI.
The second part of the research involves using SPSS to analyze the decorative techniques used on the Gyftakis pottery. A chi-square test was performed first to see if the ceramic decorations were not just defined by a random distribution. After that the ceramic decorations were analyzed in both a
Recommended Citation
Fournier, Michael R., "The Gyftakis Site: A Reevalutation of a Middle Woodland Site After 30 Years" (2007). Masters Theses. 3973.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/3973