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Rock Island and the Laurel cultural frontier in northern Lake Michiganarticle 1991 • Mason, Ronald J.
Initial Shield Woodland • North America > Eastern Woodlands
Ceramics from the Rock Island site show a mix of Laurel and North Bay decorative traits. This suggests that Rock Island was at the frontier between these two related cultures early in the Laurel cultural sequence. Mason describes the ceramics (in det...Farmers without plows, warriors without swordsbook chapter 1981 • Mason, Ronald J.
Eastern Late Woodland • North America > Eastern Woodlands
Mason summarizes the Late Woodland time period for the region around the Great Lakes. Included in this are descriptions for Blackduck, Effigy Mound, Heins Creek, Mackinac, Princess Point, Hunter's Home, Oneota, Owasco and Proto-Iroquois, Ontario Iroq...