The Fry Site
Subtitle: Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Investigations on the Maumee River Ottawa of Northwest Ohio
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: LuLu Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Morrisville, North Carolina
Number of pages: 282
Description: The Fry site (33Lu165) is an Ottawa (Odawa) farmstead on the lower Maumee River of Ohio that existed from C.E. 1814 to 1832. Excavations in 1977 and 1988 revealed an Ottawa bark burial with trade goods, a cabin or shack, and an animal pen or compound. A rich assemblage of Native and European-manufactured artifacts were recovered, including objects of trade silver. Faunal and floral remains consisted of domesticated animals (cattle, sheep, hogs, and chickens), non-domesticated animals, corn, fish, reptile, and molluscs. The site was located on the U.S. Twelve Miles Square Reserve associated with the Roche de Boeuf and Wolf Rapids bands of Ottawa Indians. The history of these bands are traced to Pontiac and Attawang's settlement on Missionary Island in the Maumee River after having fled Detroit in October 1763 with their followers in an unsuccessful attempt to thwart British control over North America.
Table of contents: pagenum: 1
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title: Introduction; pagenum: 13
title: The Ohio Ottawa Before 1815
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label: 2; pagenum: 48
title: The Ottawa in Ohio, 1800-1839
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label: 3; pagenum: 86
title: Archaeological Survey and Excavations
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label: 4; pagenum: 129
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title: Subsistence Patterns and Food Remains; pagenum: 141
title: Material Culture
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label: 6; pagenum: 174
title: Ottawa Culture Change as Viewed from the Fry Site
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label: 7; pagenum: 196
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title: Conclusions