The Settler's Ridge Site, an Early Woodland Leimbach Phase Upland Encampment in Northern Ohio

Abstract

In the summer of 2007 the Settler's Ridge site (33-AS-32), an Early Woodland upland encampment, was investigated through a series of cultural resource investigations. Excavations at the site suggest a single or limited occupation during the Early Woodland sometime between 569 to 624 B.C. The size of the site, depositional patterning of the artifacts, and feature outlay indicate a small sized encampment probably related to hunting activities in the uplands. This article summarizes the analysis of the lithic and ceramic assemblages, radiocarbon dates, site structure, and the depositional patterning evident at the site. Pottery recovered during excavations is Leimbach Cordmarked, which is representative of much of the northern Ohio area during the Early Woodland. Few Early Woodland upland sites in northern Ohio containing pottery have been intensively studied. Consequently, Settler's Ridge adds important information on how upland landforms were used during this period.

The Yellowbush Creek site

“…Late Archaic sites containing pottery (see Table 15.2 in Purtill, 2009). Early thick walled ceramic types in Ohio include Fayette Thick (Griffin, 1943; Tune, 1985), Dominion Thick (Cramer, 1989, 2008; Keener et al., 2011), and Leimbach (Keener et al., 2009; Shane, 1975; Stothers and Abel, 1993, 2008). In general, early dated ceramics along the Ohio River have been associated with Fayette Thick.…”