U of M Museum Anthro Archaeology

In this study, Frances Densmore describes the results of her ethnographic research with members of the Chippewa tribe in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. She visited the town of Watersmeet and the L'Anse...

Gheo-Shih, an Archaic site in the Valley of Oaxaca, was a 1.5-hectare open-air macroband camp near the Mitla River. It was repeatedly occupied in the summer rainy season during the period (cal.)...

Cerro Azul in Peru's Ca?ete Valley, a pre-Inca fishing community in the Kingdom of Huarco, stood at the interface between a rich marine ecosystem and an irrigated coastal plain. Under the direction...

The Burnt Bluff area is an archaeological site in Delta County in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. There are hundreds of caves and rock paintings along the cliffs on the southern end of the Garden...

In 1960 and 1961, Ronald J. Mason and Carol Irwin Mason excavated two sites on the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin's Door County. The Mero site and the Heins Creek site contained many artifacts,...

Niara Sudarkasa reports on Yoruba women and their role as traders in Nigeria's marketing system. During Sudarkasa's 15-month fieldwork in western Nigeria, she spoke with hundreds of traders, men and...