Boven Earthwork
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Boven Earthworks | |
| Location | Reeder Township, Michigan |
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| Nearest city | Lake City, Michigan |
| Area | less than one acre |
| NRHP Reference # | 73002293[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 14, 1973 |
The Boven Earthworks, also known as the Boven Enclosure, the Mosquito Creek Earthworks, or the Falmouth Inclosure[2] is an archaeological site designated 20MA19 located near Lake City, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
Description
The Boven Earthworks includes four enclosures, with an associated burial mound.[2]
History
The Boven Earthworks were likely constructed around 1470 +/-100 AD.[3]
Excavations were conducted by staff from the University of Michigan in 1927[2] and from Michigan State University in 1965.[4]
Further reading
- Emerson F Greenman, "Michigan Mounds, with Special Reference to Two in Missaukee County" (PDF), Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters (Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan) 7: 1–9
- Willard Michael James Baird (1976), The Missaukee Mounds, Missaukee County Bicentennial Committee
- Harold Wesbrook Moll (1958), Earthwork Enclosures in Ogemaw, Missaukee and Alcona Counties, Michigan
References
- 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 3 Meghan C L Howey (2012), Mound Builders and Monument Makers of the Northern Great Lakes, 1200-1600, University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 113, 114, 141, ISBN 9780806188058
- ↑ Clare McHale Milner; John M. O'Shea (1998), Robert C. Mainfort; Lynne P. Sullivan, eds., "The Socioeconomic Role of Late Woodland Enclosures in Northern Lower Michigan", Ancient Earthen Enclosures of the Eastern Woodlands (University Press of Florida), ISBN 9780813015927
- ↑ Meghan C. L. Howey; John M. O'Shea (April 2006), "Bear's Journey and the Study of Ritual in Archaeology", American Antiquity (Society for American Archaeology) 71 (2): 261–282
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