Goodall focus
The Goodall ocus and some of its major sites | |
| Geographical range | Great Lakes: Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana |
|---|---|
| Period | Paleo-Indians |
| Dates | 200 BCE to 500 CE |
| Type site | Ridgeway Site in Hardin County, Ohio. |
| Major sites | Zimmerman Site, |
| Preceded by | Paleo-Indians |
| Followed by | Point Peninsula complex, Saugeen complex, Goodall focus, and Norton Mound group |
| Defined by | Burials in glacial Kames |
The Goodall focus was a Hopewellian culture from the Middle Woodland period peoples that occupied Western Michigan and northern Indiana from around 200 BCE to 500 CE. Extensive trade networks existed at this time, particularly among the many local cultural expressions of the Hopewell communities. The Goodall pattern stretched from the southern tip of Lake Michigan, east across northern Indiana, to the Ohio border, then northward, covering central Michigan, almost reaching to Saginaw Bay on the east and Grand Traverse Bay to the north. The culture is named for the Goodall site in northwest Indiana.