Wycamp Creek Site
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Wycamp Creek Site | |
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| Nearest city | Levering, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 45°39′8″N 85°0′10″W / 45.65222°N 85.00278°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 71001022[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 11, 1971 |
The Wycamp Creek Site (designated 20EM4)[2] is an archaeological site located near Levering, Michigan. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]
The Wycamp Creek Site is located in a small dune field near Lake Michigan, on a Nipissing terrace near Wycamp Creek.[3]
It is likely this site was occupied more or less continuously throughout the Late Middle and Late Woodland period. It was first identified by archaeologists in a 1927 survey done by Emerson F. Greenman.[4] In 1967, a small section of the site was excavated by a team from Michigan State University led by Charles E. Cleland. Radiocarbon dating from the site brackets the period of occupation from about 1320 to 400 years before the present.[3] The material found at the site provides information on techniques used to make stone tools.[5]
