Late Pleistocene Geochronology and the Paleo-Indian Penetration into the Lower Michigan Peninsula

Contents
Introduction
Distributional Data
Description of Fluted Points
	Manufacture and Shaping of the Blade
	Fluting Techniques
	Length of Fluting and Length of Fluting Scar - A Distinction
	Blade Configuration
Review of Geochronology of Lower Peninsula of Michigan and of Adjacent Great Lakes Basins
	Cary Subage
	Mankato Subage
	Two Creeks Interstadial
	Valders Subage
	Post-Valders Maximum
	Xerothermic and Post-Xerothermic
Suggested Correlations of Fluted Point Loci and Late Pleistocene Events
	Berrien and Cass Counties
	Washtenaw County
	Ottawa, Allegan, and Van Buren Counties
	Newaygo and Mecosta Counties
	Bay and Wayne Counties
	Other Localities
	Remarks
Comparisons and Discussion
	Comparative Material from Wisconsin
	Comparative Material from Ontario
	St. Louis Area of Missouri and Illinois
	Ohio-Pennsylvania Area
	Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Virginia
	New England Fluted Points
Summary and Conclusions
Literature Cited