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The Union Lake Skull, A Possible Early Indian Find in Michigan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Meredith Black  and
Charles E. Eyman
Meredith Black
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Charles E. Eyman
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Abstract

A human skull found in a peat deposit in Oakland County, Michigan, is dated at approximately 5000 B.C. by pollen analysis. The skull is morphologically similar to other early skeletal finds, and it is suggested that it may be classed with Neumann's Otamid variety.

Type
Research Article
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , July 1963 , pp. 39 - 48
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1963

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