Bugai Site

The Bugai Site, designated 20SA215, is an archaeological site located near Bridgeport, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2]

Bugai Site (20SA215)
LocationAddress Restricted, near Bridgeport, Michigan[1]
Coordinates43°20′00″N 83°51′30″W
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
NRHP reference No.82000543[2]
Added to NRHPOctober 29, 1982

The site was a burial location dating from the Middle Woodland period.[3]

In 1970, workers encountered human remains while excavating sand from private property at this site. Amateur archaeologists Leo Purple and Arthur Graves conducted a salvage excavation at the site later that year, and recovered remains of at least 20 individuals. The majority of the burials were bundle burials, containing multiple objects. Purple and Graves donated some of the items to the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology (UMMAA) in 1976, and some to the Chippewa Nature Center in Midland, MI in 1974. In 2006, the Nature Center donated human remains and objects from the Bugai site to the UMMAA.[4]

References
  1. The NRIS lists the location of the Bugai Site as "address restricted." References (Janet G. Brashler; Margaret B. Holman (1985), "Late Woodland Continuity and Change in the Saginaw Valley of Michigan", Arctic Anthropology, 22 (2): 141–152, JSTOR 40316095) indicate the approximate location, reflected by the geo-coordinates.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  3. William A. Lovis (1985), "Seasonal Settlement Dynamics and the Role of the Fletcher Site in the Woodland Adaptations of the Saginaw Drainage Basin" (PDF), Arctic Anthropology: 153–170
  4. 82 FR 44652, 2017-09-25, pp. 44652–44654
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