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Dumaw Creek Site
43.8083° N, -86.3750° E
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The Dumaw Creek Site is an archaeological site designated 20OA5, located along Dumaw Creek northeast of Pentwater, Michigan, that was the location of a 17th-century village and cemetery. It is one of the youngest pre-historic sites in Michigan, dating to the terminal Late Woodland Period just prior to European contact. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
Historical Timeline
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Village occupation
c. 1605–1620
Logging of site plain
1870–1880
Initial site discovery by farmer
1915–1916
Artifacts catalogued by university
1924
Farming use
until 1930
Oil discovery and wells installed
1940s
Artifacts reach Field Museum
1959
Quimby surface collection
1960–1962
National Register listing
1972
Archaeological Features
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Burial and Funerary Structures
Agricultural and Land Use Features
Domestic and Habitation Structures
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