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Spoonville Site
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The Spoonville Site on the Grand River in Crockery Township, Michigan, occupies a terrace between Crockery Creek and the river and contains a large Middle Woodland village and burial mound complex. Later named for John Spoon, who arrived with his brother Daniel in 1856 and built a sawmill, the area developed into the small town of Spoonville and became a railroad station in 1871. One large mound was destroyed during mill construction, but excavations began in 1857 and continued in 1876 and from 1962 onward. The site is important for illuminating Middle Woodland life along the Grand River and for its unusually long history of archaeological investigation.
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