Date of Award
12-2018
Culminating Project Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Cultural Resources Management Archaeology: M.S.
Department
Anthropology
College
College of Liberal Arts
First Advisor
Mark P. Muniz
Second Advisor
Rob Mann
Third Advisor
Seth DePasqual
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
Copper, Isle Royale, Archaic
Abstract
This thesis will discuss recent excavations and subsequent analysis, of two previously unknown sites located on Mid-Late Archaic relict beach shores at Isle Royale National Park. The sites are believed to possibly be connected to the Minong Mine, the oldest and largest precontact copper mine in North America to date, located in the McCargoe Cove area of the island. At these sites, lithics and copper were recovered as the only cultural remains of the people who inhabited these two areas. The sites were compared, not only to each other, but also to other Archaic sites found on similar relict beaches island wide. These artifacts and subsequent Archaic site comparisons are utilized to assign these two sites a function. It was determined that both of these sites functioned as field camps, specifically as a copper and lithic manufacturing sites for these first visitors to Isle Royale.
Recommended Citation
Olson, Samantha J., "MCC Nipissing East 2 (20.IR.253) and MCC Nipissing East 3 (20.IR.254): A Cross Site Comparison of Archaic Sites on Isle Royale National Park" (2018). Culminating Projects in Cultural Resource Management. 23.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/crm_etds/23
