front cover of Contributions to Michigan Archaeology
Contributions to Michigan Archaeology
James E. Fitting, John R. Halsey and H. Martin Wobst
University of Michigan Press, 1968
Three Michigan archaeological sites are covered in this report: the Spring Creek site, in Muskegon County; the Springwells Mound Group, in Wayne County; and the Butterfield site, near Lake Huron in Bay County, Michigan.
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front cover of Late Woodland Cultures of Southeastern Michigan
Late Woodland Cultures of Southeastern Michigan
James E. Fitting
University of Michigan Press, 1965
James E. Fitting provides an overview of archaeological material from sites in southeastern Michigan. His primary focus is the Riviere au Vase site (also called the Graham site, the Greene School site, and the Mud Creek site), in Macomb County, which was excavated by Emerson Greenman and others in 1936 and 1937. At this Woodland site, the investigators found burials, ceramic and lithic artifacts, and faunal remains. Fitting also writes about the Fuller sites and the Verchave sites.
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The Paleo-Indian Occupation of the Holcombe Beach
James E. Fitting, Jerry DeVisscher and Edward J. Wahla
University of Michigan Press, 1966
The Holcombe site, in Macomb County, Michigan, was occupied about 11,000 years ago. At that time, it was situated on the shore of glacial Lake Clinton. In this volume, the authors describe their excavation of this site and the artifacts they found, including thousands of chipped stone tools. They also describe other Paleoindian sites along the ancient Holcombe beach and compare this site with others in the area.
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The Prehistory of the Burnt Bluff Area
Edited by James E. Fitting
University of Michigan Press, 1968
The Burnt Bluff area is an archaeological site in Delta County in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. There are hundreds of caves and rock paintings along the cliffs on the southern end of the Garden Peninsula, which reaches southwest into Lake Michigan from the mainland. This report describes the results of archaeological research there in 1963 and 1965. Contributions by James E. Fitting, Charles E. Cleland, G. Richard Peske, Donald E. Janzen, Earl J. Prahl, W. R. Farrand, Douglas W. Lugthart, and Volney H. Jones.
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The Schultz Site at Green Point
A Stratified Occupation Area in the Saginaw Valley of Michigan
Edited by James E. Fitting
University of Michigan Press, 1972
In this volume, editor James E. Fitting compiles research and analysis on the Schultz site, a key archaeological site in the Saginaw Valley of eastern Michigan. Ten contributors, including Fitting, write on the features and artifacts found during years of excavation at this important site. Fitting also includes a review of the general patterns of cultural development in the Saginaw Valley.
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front cover of Studies in the Natural Radioactivity of Prehistoric Materials
Studies in the Natural Radioactivity of Prehistoric Materials
Edited by Arthur J. Jelinek and James E. Fitting
University of Michigan Press, 1965
This volume is a collection of reports from the 1950s and 1960s, when the use of radiocarbon dating in archaeology was still very new. Contributors: James E. Fitting, Charles E. Cleland, Lewis R. Binford, Arthur J. Jelinek.
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