The Minnesota Archaeologist
Volume 50 Number 1
1991
3 Elden Johnson: Ceramic Stratigraphy at the Creech Site (21CA14)
A test excavation in a surface midden at the Creech Site in Cass County, Minnesota demonstrates the direct association of Sandy Lake and Ogechie ceramics and their stratigraphic superposition over Blackduck ceramics. the Sandy Lake/Ogechie ceramic association at the Creech Site is like that present at the Cooper and Wilford sites in Mille Lacs-Kathio State Park. At the latter sites, early French manufactured objects occur with the Sandy Lake/Ogechie ceramics and are a Mdewakanton Dakota protohistoric phase. It is inferred that the late component at the Creech Site also exhibits a Dakota affiliation and that future excavations at the site will produce European objects of the French contact period.
7 Jerry W. Oothoudt: The Hanson Site Burial, Koochiching County, Minnesota
In 1974, human skeletal remains and four conch shell beads were found on an eroded bank of the Little Fork River near Little Fork, Koochiching County, Minnesota. The archaeological and osteological data suggest that the site consisted of the double interment of two male, prehistoric American Indians in a subsurface gravel pit. The burial mode of one of the individuals seems to have been primary, sitting, and flexed. The data available for establishing a relative date and an affiliation with an archaeological culture is scant, but suggestive. The grave may be affiliated with the Rainy River, Late Woodland period, and probably dates to the Blackduck culture (around A.D. 600-1700). The human osteological data is being incorporated into the growing pool of skeletal observations for prehistoric Minnesota peoples.
19 Michael K. Budak: Smith Site (21KC3) Surface Collection Analysis: New Light on an Old Subject
The Smith Site, 21-KC-3, in northern Minnesota, is an extremely important archeological site that has had many small-scale excavations over the past century, all of which total an extremely minute portion of the site area. From 1975-1990, a systematic surface collection of the shoreline has been carried out, resulting in the collection of thousands of artifacts. A study of this surface collection indicates that the density of the site varies along its length and that different cultural components are concentrated in distinct areas. The results of this analysis will aid future researchers by indicating the more significant areas of the site.
31 David J. Mather: Toward a Cultural Landscape in the Mille Lacs Region: Trunk Highway 169 Corridor Survey and Site Evaluation in the Vicinity of Lake Onamia
Recent investigations in the vicinity of Lake Onamia have resulted in the discovery of American Indian habitation sites along the shores of Mille Lacs Lake and Lake Onamia, along the Rum River to the south of the Lake Onamia outlet, and within the morainic uplands which separate the lake basins. These sites were found to vary greatly in size, age and nature of occupation. The sites are discussed individually in terms of these physiographic zones. It is argued that these research developments contribute to the definition of a cultural landscape in the Mille Lacs region. A significant contribution is the report of a radiocarbon date associated with a Sandy Lake vessel from the habitation area of 21ML33.
47 Daniel R. Pratt: Book Review: Near-Surface, High Resolution Geophysical Methods for Cultural Resource Management and Archaeological Investigations
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