Jeremy,

I think I recall that you were aware of these sources, but if not:

Lewis, Kenneth
2002 West to Far Michigan:  Settling the Lower Peninsula 1815-1860.
Michigan State University Press, E. Lansing.

and

Linebaugh, Donald W. and Gary G. Robinson (eds.)
1994 Spatial Patterning in Historical Archaeology:  Selected Studies of
Settlement.  William and Mary Center for Archaeological Research,
Department of Anthropology, Occasional Papers in Archaeology No. 2, King
and Queen Press, College of William and Mary , Virginia.

specifically, the articles by Linebaugh "Nineteenth Century Settlement
patterning in the Grand River Valley, Ottawa county, Michigan:  An
Ecological Approach" on pages 139-175, and McGregor's article
"Settlement Patterning in the Lower Wabash Valley on pages 117 to 138,
may be worth a look.

Cheers,

Sean Dunham



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