INTRODUCTION Professional archaeology has been influenced by different paradigms since the inception of the field. Over the past 80 years, archaeology has been dominated by Culture History and Processualism (for an overview of these paradigms, see Trigger 1989). Michigan is no exception to either of the previous statements (e.g., Brashler 1978; Fitting 1965, 1970; Fitting et al. 1963; Griffin 1961; Griffin et al. 1970; 1930; Halsey 1999; Holman et al. 1995; Krakker 1983; Luedke 1976; White et al. 1963). However, there is a different body of theory being utilized by contemporary archaeologists around the world that has not been operationalized in Michigan.
