The Ponshewaing Point Site (designated 20EM18) is an archaeological site located on Ponshewaing Point in Crooked Lake in Emmet County, Michigan.[3] It was places on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]
Ponshewaing Point Site | |
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| Nearest city | Ponshewaing, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 45°25′0″N 84°48′0″W / 45.41667°N 84.80000°W[2] |
| Area | less than one acre |
| NRHP reference No. | 72001473[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 5, 1972 |
This site was in use approximately AD 800 - 1500, covering several Middle and Late Woodland period occupations.[4] "Ponshewaing" (or "Pon-she-waing") is typically translated as "winter home," which may indicate a year-round occupation.[4]
Test excavations were completed at the Ponshewaing Point Site in 1966–67. The site was more intensively excavated by researchers from Michigan State University in 1970.[3] Excavations revealed multiple components, including four basic pit types. Post mold shapes indicate two distinct dwellings.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ The NRIS gives the location of the Ponshewaing Point Site as "address restricted, but references (Richard Foster Flint; J Gordon Ogden III; Irving Rouse; Minze Stuiver, eds. (1974), Radiocarbon, vol. 16) give the location. Geocoordinates are approximate.
- ^ a b William A. Lovis, "Revisiting the Johnson Site (20CN46): A Winter Camp in a Cedar Swamp on Mullett Lake, Michigan" (PDF), The Michigan Archaeologist, 54: 73–91[dead link]
- ^ a b c Michigan History Division (1975), Michigan's Historic Preservation Plan, p. 41
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