Ponshewaing Point Site

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Ponshewaing Point Site
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Nearest city Ponshewaing, Michigan
Coordinates 45°25′0″N84°48′0″W / 45.41667°N 84.80000°W / 45.41667; -84.80000 [1]
Arealess than one acre
NRHP reference No. 72001473 [2]
Added to NRHPMay 5, 1972

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. [2]

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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. 1 2 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 ]
  4. 1 2 3 Michigan History Division (1975), Michigan's Historic Preservation Plan, p. 41


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