overview of the Midwest/Great Lakes region is constrained on the west by the prairies of central... more overview of the Midwest/Great Lakes region is constrained on the west by the prairies of central Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri. To the south, this region is bounded by the confluence of the Mississippi and the Ohio rivers and the latter's southern tributaries that drain the Appalachian plateau in West Virginia and northern Kentucky. Encompassing the entire Lake Michigan basin, to the north and east this overview is limited to the drainages of Lakes Superior, Huron and Erie, thus including significant portions of southern Ontario. While often thought of as a coherent "American" region, and treated as such by early 17 th century French explorers, since the mid-18 th century the area has been politically separated into British Canada and the United States along the watercourses that once united it. More importantly, this region has seldom shown similar prehistoric patterning. Only episodically has it been swept by a single new technology, a broad stylistic horizon marker, or an iconic system of structured exchange. These phenomena were likely of greater significance to the region's recent archaeologists than to its ancient occupants.
Historical review of the scientific accomplishments of Charles Wilkes' 1838-1842 Exploring Expedi... more Historical review of the scientific accomplishments of Charles Wilkes' 1838-1842 Exploring Expedition
the social geography of inter-family domestic spaces and preferential marriage patterns are deriv... more the social geography of inter-family domestic spaces and preferential marriage patterns are derived from analyses of ceramic motif distributions recovered from a 1st century fishing camp in Northern Lake Michigan.
Statistical analyses of design motifs from a 2nd century BCE fishing village on an island at the ... more Statistical analyses of design motifs from a 2nd century BCE fishing village on an island at the mouth of Green Bay in Lake Michigan document the antiquity of kinship and marriage patterns for societies across the northern Great Lakes.
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