The Doerschuk Site ( Smithsonian trinomial: 31Mg22) is a prehistoric

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with remains from the

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located near

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. The Doerschuk Site was first recorded in 1948 by H. M. Doerschuk. The site is privately owned by the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA).Master Site Record
Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, n.d. Accessed 2014-06-23. It was added to the

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in 1985. Excavations were done at the Doerschuk Site in 1949, yielding distinctive spear points that allowed archaeologists to divide the Middle Archaic period (6000-3000BC) in the

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, with specific styles of spear points being found in the various sites of the area, including Lowder's Ferry site.

References

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