Two Stratified Sites on the Door Peninsula of Wisconsin

In 1960 and 1961, Ronald J. Mason and Carol Irwin Mason excavated two sites on the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin's Door County. The Mero site and the Heins Creek site contained many artifacts, including pottery, chipped and ground stone, copper, and bone. Mason named the earliest component at the Mero site North Bay I and considered it a late phase of the Middle Woodland period, with clear links to Hopewell and Point Peninsula cultures. Contents Introduction Part I. The Heins Creek Site I. Location and Nonceramic Remains II. Pottery from the Heins Creek Site Part II. The Mero Site III. Location and Field Procedure IV. Physical Stratigraphy of the Mero Site V. Artifacts of Chipped Flint VI. Artifacts of Pecked and Ground Stone, Copper, and Bone VII. The North Bay I Ceramic Assemblage VIII. The North Bay II Ceramic Assemblage IX. Additional North Bay Material and an Analysis of the North Bay Complex X. Late Woodland at the Mero Site XI. The Mero Site Oneota Components XII. Summary and Conclusions Appendix I Appendix II References Plates