MAP 1. INDJAN RESERVATION ON ANCHOR BAY, LAKE ST. CLAIR From an original map in the National Archives, Washington, D. C. The map bears the following inscription: "Plan of the Indian Reserva tions on Lake St. Clair in the Territory of Michigan. Surveyed in March 1810. ... Aaron Greely Surveyer of Michigan Territory." The lot lines in the lower left corner run north and south. OCCASIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN No.8 THE WOLF AND FURTON SITES MACOMB COUNTY, MICHIGAN BY EMERSON F. GREENMAN ANN ARBOR UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS AuausT, 1939 © 1939 by the Regents of the University of Michigan The Museum of Anthropology All rights reserved ISBN (print): 978-1-949098-56-3 ISBN (ebook): 978-1-951538-55-2 Browse all of our books at sites.lsa.umich.edu/archaeology-books. Order our books from the University of Michigan Press at www.press.umich.edu. For permissions, questions, or manuscript queries, contact Museum publications by email at umma- [email protected] or visit the Museum website at lsa.umich.edu/ummaa. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. I THE WoLF SITE 2 Burials 8 Pottery I2 THE FURTON SITE Artifacts. CoNCLUSION APPENDIX A. HuMAN REMAINS APPENDIX B. TRAIT LIST v ILLUSTRATIONS PLATES (Plates I-VIII face page 34) PLATE I. FIG. I. Flexed burial of a female. Wolf site. FIG. 2. Artifacts from the Wolf and Furton sites. II. FIG. 1. Projectile points, celts, and a hammerstone, found on the Wolf site. FIG. 2. Rim sherds from the Wolf site. III. FIG. 1. Rim sherds from the Wolf site. FIG. 2. Body sherds from the Wolf site. IV. Restored pot from the Wolf site. V. Section of the rim and shoulder of a large pot from the Wolf site. VI. FIG. I. Section of the rim and neck of a pot from the Wolf site. FIG. 2. Rim sherds from the Furton site. VII. FIG. I. Body sherds from the Furton site. FIG. 2. a-b, pieces of wattle from the Wolf site; c-e, rim sherds from Washington Township, Macomb County; j, h, rim sherds from Bruce Township, Macomb County; g, a sherd from the Wolf site. VIII. FIG. I. Trade material from the Furton site. FIG. 2. A silver crown from the Furton site. FIGURES IN THE TEXT FIGURE PAGE I. Vertical cross section of a refuse pit. Wolf site... . . . . . . . 7 2. Cross sections of rim sherds. Wolf site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I5 3· Vertical cross section of a pit. Furton site. . . . . . . . . . . . . I8 4· Cross sections of rim sherds. Furton site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 MAPS MAP I. Indian reservations on Anchor Bay, Lake St. Clair .. (Frontis- piece) 2. Macomb County, Michigan......................... 3 3· The shore of Anchor Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4· The locations of the trenches excavated at the Wolf site.. Io Vll