Wycamp Creek Site

Wycamp Creek Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Levering, Michigan
Coordinates	45°39′8″N85°0′10″W / 45.65222°N 85.00278°W / 45.65222; -85.00278
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP reference No.	71001022 [1]
Added to NRHP	March 11, 1971

The Wycamp Creek Site (designated 20EM4) ^[2] is an archaeological site located near Levering, Michigan. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. ^[1]

The Wycamp Creek Site is located in a small dune field near Lake Michigan, on a Nipissing terrace near Wycamp Creek. ^[3]

It is likely this site was occupied more or less continuously throughout the Late Middle and Late Woodland period. It was first identified by archaeologists in a 1927 survey done by Emerson F. Greenman. ^[4] In 1967, a small section of the site was excavated by a team from Michigan State University led by Charles E. Cleland. Radiocarbon dating from the site brackets the period of occupation from about 1320 to 400 years before the present. ^[3] The material found at the site provides information on techniques used to make stone tools. ^[5]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. William A. Lovis; G. William Monaghan; Alan F. Arbogast; Steven L. Forman. (2012), "Differential temporal and spatial preservation of archaeological sites in a great lakes coastal zone", American Antiquity: 591–608
3. Jennifer Lynn-Freeland Holmstadt (2008), Geomorphology and Geoarchaeology of a Small Foredune Complex Along the Eastern Shore of Lake Michigan, pp. 92–95, ISBN   9781109028027
4. Lyle M. Stone (1972), Archaeological Resources and Research Potential: Mackinac Straits Region of Michigan : Cheboygan, Chippewa, Emmet, and Mackinac Counties, Mackinac Island State Park Commission
5. Michigan History Division (1975), Michigan's Historic Preservation Plan, p. 43