book chapter
An Early Woodland community at the Schultz site 20SA2 in the Saginaw Valley and the nature of the Early Woodland adaptation in the Great Lakes region
Museum of Anthropology, The University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1982 • Pages: xviii, 1-252, 261-273
By: Ozker, Doreen.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Ozker, using the collections at the University of Michigan, reanalyzed the material on the Schultz site. She describes the various excavations and their findings at the Schultz site. She compares the Schultz site with other Early Woodland and Late Archaic sites; first in Michigan and then north of 38 degrees latitude. She concludes there was a hiatus between the Late Archaic in the Saginaw Valley and the Early Woodland and another hiatus before people returned during the Middle Woodland. She makes the case that Early Woodland subsistence strategy was a complete systemic cultural change from the Late Archaic as it required changes in scheduling, especially for squash planting and harvesting, there were changes in hunting patterns, there was a greater contribution of nut oil into the subsistence base, and funerary mounds show evidence of ideological changes. She also hypothesizes that populations from the lower Illinois Valley followed rivers north into the Great Lakes area and brought with them Early Woodland culture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Experimental data
- Fauna
- Flora
- Annual cycle
- Tillage
- Food preparation
- Diet
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Heating and lighting equipment
- Settlement patterns
- Weapons
- General tools
- Burial practices and funerals
- Cultural stratigraphy
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Eastern Early Woodland
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1962-1965
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2600 BP-2500 BP (600 B.C.-500 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Schultz site (20SA2), Saginaw, Michigan, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Doreen Ozker
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-273)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 83621514
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Antiquities