Greenman v Howey

Two Michigan archaeologists differ on origins of Indian enclosures

    Publishing 75 years apart, Emerson Greenman and Meghan Howey come to separate conclusions about who built the mounds and enclosures found throughout Michigan’s lower peninsula, but not necessarily about their use.

    It begins with Howey. In her book Mound Builders and Monument Makers of the Northern Great Lakes 1200-1600 she postulates that the ser…