The Scott Point site, also known as 20MK22 or (erroneously) as the Point Patterson site, is an archaeological site located near the shore of Lake Michigan near Scott Point,[2] south of Gould City, Michigan and west of Point Patterson. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
Scott Point site | |
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| Location | near Scott Point, west of Point Patterson[2] |
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| Nearest city | Gould City, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 45°57′44″N 85°42′0″W / 45.96222°N 85.70000°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 76001032[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 30, 1976 |
Description
editThe Scott Point site is located about 300 to 400 feet (91 to 122 m) inland from a small sandy bay on the shore of Lake Michigan, in Section 8, Township 41 North, Range 11 West.[2] The adjacent shoreline is relatively rocky, making this bay the best canoe landing place in the immediate area. The site covers approximately 1 acre (0.40 ha),[3] much of which has been exposed by sand erosion.[2]
The site was once a Late Woodland period village, with groupings of fire-damaged rocks indicating the locations of hearths.[2] Pottery sherds, flint arrowheads and scrapers, hammerstones, and bone tools were collected at the site. The site also included numerous fish remains, as well as the remains of deer, moose, and beaver.[2] The site was likely a seasonal fall fishing village similar to the nearby Juntunen site.[4] A nearby burial site, designated 20MK450, may have been associated with this village.[5]
History
editThe Scott Point site was examined by archaeologist George Quimby multiple times in the early 1960s.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g Lewis R. Binford; George I. Quimby (1963), "Indian Sites and Chipped Stone Materials in the Northern Lake Michigan Area", Fieldiana Anthropology, 36: 277–307
- ^ "MICHIGAN - Dickinson County (NRIS database access)". NationalRegisterOHhistoricPlaces.com. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
- ^ Charles E. Cleland (October 1982). "The Inland Shore Fishery of the Northern Great Lakes: Its Development and Importance in Prehistory". American Antiquity. 47 (4): 761–784. doi:10.2307/280281. JSTOR 280281.
- ^ National Park Service (September 24, 2010). "FR Doc 2010-23902: Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist, Lansing, MI". Federal Register. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
Further reading
edit- Marla Buckmaster (1980), Scott Point: A Stratified Late Woodland Site in Northern Lower Michigan, 25th Annual Midwest Archaeological Conference
- Terrance J. Martin (1982), Animal Remains from the Scott Point site: Evidence for Changing Subsistence Strategies During the Late Woodland Period in Northern Michigan, 86th Ann Mtg. of MI Academy of Science, Arts & Letters