Ponshewaing Point Site

The Ponshewaing Point Site (designated 20EM18) is an archaeological site located on Ponshewaing Point in Crooked Lake in Emmet County, Michigan.[3] It was places on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[2]

Ponshewaing Point Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Ponshewaing, Michigan
Coordinates	45°25′0″N 84°48′0″W[1]
Area	less than one acre
NRHP reference No.	72001473[2]
Added to NRHP	May 5, 1972

This site was in use approximately AD 800 - 1500, covering several Middle and Late Woodland period occupations.[4] "Ponshewaing" (or "Pon-she-waing") is typically translated as "winter home," which may indicate a year-round occupation.[4]

Test excavations were completed at the Ponshewaing Point Site in 1966–67. The site was more intensively excavated by researchers from Michigan State University in 1970.[3] Excavations revealed multiple components, including four basic pit types. Post mold shapes indicate two distinct dwellings.[4]

References

1. The NRIS gives the location of the Ponshewaing Point Site as "address restricted, but references (Richard Foster Flint; J Gordon Ogden III; Irving Rouse; Minze Stuiver, eds. (1974), Radiocarbon, 16) give the location. Geocoordinates are approximate.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
3. William A. Lovis, "Revisiting the Johnson Site (20CN46): A Winter Camp in a Cedar Swamp on Mullett Lake, Michigan" (PDF), The Michigan Archaeologist, 54: 73–91
4. Michigan History Division (1975), Michigan's Historic Preservation Plan, p. 41