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United States historic place
Wycamp Creek Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Wycamp Creek Site is located in MichiganWycamp Creek SiteShow map of MichiganWycamp Creek Site is located in the United StatesWycamp Creek SiteShow map of the United States
Nearest cityLevering, Michigan
Coordinates45°39′8″N 85°0′10″W / 45.65222°N 85.00278°W / 45.65222; -85.00278
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP reference No.71001022
Added to NRHPMarch 11, 1971

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

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

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. 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. The material found at the site provides information on techniques used to make stone tools.

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
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