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Riviere au Vase site
42.6333° N, -82.8333° E
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The Riviere au Vase site (20MB3) is located in Chesterfield Township, Macomb County, in southeastern Michigan. The site is on the Riviere au Vase near where it empties into Lake St. Clair. It is classified as a prehistoric, Late Woodland site.
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Riviere Au Vase phase
c. A.D. 600–900
Younge phase
c. A.D. 900–1100
Springwells phase
c. A.D. 1100–1350
Wolf phase onset
after c. A.D. 1250
University of Michigan excavations
1936–1937
Key publications on artifacts
1945
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Burial and Funerary Structures
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