Smith Pagerie Site
Smith Pagerie Site | |
Nearest city | Ephratah, New York |
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Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
NRHP reference No. | 80002615[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 22, 1980 |
Smith Pagerie Site is an archaeological site located at Ephratah in Fulton County, New York, USA. It is also known as Las. 11–4, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Unique Site No. A035-04-0002. It is one of three Mohawk Indian village sites excavated by the archaeologist Robert E. Funk in 1969–1970.[2]
The site is dated from 1560–1580. It occupies 4 acres (1.6 ha) just east of Caroga Creek, contains the remains of twelve to fifteen longhouses, and was probably surrounded by a palisade. Its population is estimated to have been around 1350.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Funk, Robert E. and Robert D. Kuhn (2003). Three Sixteenth-Century Mohawk Iroquois Village Sites (book) (Museum Bulletin 503 ed.). New York State Museum, Albany NY. pp. 482pp. ISBN 1-55557-147-6.
- ^ Snow, Dean (1995). Mohawk Valley Archaeology: The Sites (PDF). Matson Museum of Archaeology, Penn State University. ISBN 0-9647913-0-7. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
Categories:
- Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- Fulton County, New York
- Iroquois populated places
- Former Native American populated places in the United States
- Mohawk tribe
- Native American history of New York (state)
- National Register of Historic Places in Fulton County, New York
- Adirondack Mountains, New York Registered Historic Place stubs