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The Moccasin Bluff site (also designated 20BE8) is an archaeological site located along the Red Bud Trail and the St. Joseph River north of Buchanan, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, [1] and has been classified as a multi-component prehistoric site with the major component dating to the Late Woodland
^ The NRIS lists the Moccasin Bluff site as "address restricted"; however, the State of Michigan has erected a historical marker at the site ( Moccasin Bluff from MichMarkers.org).
Summer Island cordmarked (3 vessels) – characterized by grit tempering, heavily vertical cordmarked surface, and thickened, almost vertical rim. Similar to pottery from the Dumaw Creek [15] and Moccasin Bluff [16] sites in Michigan. At Moccasin Bluff, this type is called Moccasin Bluff Impressed Exterior Lip. [16]
The following is a list of Michigan State Historic Sites in Berrien County, Michigan. Sites marked with a dagger (†) are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Berrien County, Michigan. [1]
The area, already having been populated by Native Americans in places such as the Moccasin Bluff site, was first settled in 1833 at the spot where McCoy Creek meets the St. Joseph River. [7] The village of Buchanan was platted in 1842 and incorporated in 1858. [8]
Moccasin Bluff modified lip (6 vessels) [13] [14] – characterized by grit tempering, smoothed-over cordmarked surfaces, and a folded or crimped lip with cordwrapped stick impression or fingernail impressions on the lip. This type has been identified at the Moccasin Bluff and Ada sites in Michigan, and the Brems site in Indiana. [15]
The Moccasin Bluff Site and the Woodland Cultures of Southwestern Michigan. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology, Anthropological Papers No. 49.
The rim edges are often scalloped or crimped. [2] The vessel pictured below with a scalloped rim has been compared to the Moccasin Bluff Scalloped type from the Moccasin Bluff site on the St. Joseph River in southwestern Michigan. This pottery type is diagnostic of a Late Woodland period temporal placement, just before European contact. [6]