Jenna Belt
Pronouns: She/her
Research Mentor(s): Raven Garvey
Co-Presenter:
Research Mentor School/College/Department: Anthropology and Museum of Anthropological Archaeology / LSA
Presentation Date: April 20
Presentation Type: Poster
Session: Session 2 – 11am – 11:50am
Room: League Ballroom
Authors: Jenna Belt, Laura Bossio
Presenter: 61
Abstract
There are many unanswered questions about native movement in Northern Ohio prior to western occupation. Anthropological Archaeology Doctoral Student Laura Bossio has begun the process of examining a previously documented and excavated site, the Williams Site (33-WO7-a) along the Maumee River in Ohio, hoping to find some answers. Surface observation and collection, in addition to geospatial analysis (ArcGIS), geophysical survey and extensive study of landscape maps created by western settlers, has led to the understanding that the site contains occupations from the earlier Late Archaic-Early Woodland, as well as later occupations in the Late Woodland and Late Prehistoric. There are multiple groups of people who may have inhabited this site throughout its use, and they brought with them a unique assortment of tools. The particular usage for many of the tools is yet unspecified; measuring, weighing, identifying and comparing these artifacts to others of a similar time and location may provide insight to their uses. With these insights, we will be able to establish the context in which the tools were utilized, and also the different types of occupations that took place on the site and the degrees of sedentism. What they were used for, and approximately which time period they were employed will aid in determining the importance and significance of the site along the Maumee River
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