Townsend Site
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Archaeological site in Delaware, United States
United States historic place
Townsend Site | |
| Nearest city | Lewes, Delaware |
|---|---|
| Area | 28 acres (11 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000919 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 1, 1978 |
The Townsend Site is a major prehistoric Native American site in Sussex County, Delaware. The Late Woodland site includes at least 90 significant features, including numerous burial sites. The site received its first thorough study in 1948, and was the first Late Woodland site in the state to be examined in consultation with professional archaeologists of the Smithsonian Institution, and resulted in the creation of a typology of ceramics found.[2]
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Griffith, Daniel (Fall 1982). "Prehistoric Ceramics in Delaware (An Overview)". Archaeology of Eastern North America. 10. JSTOR 40914199.
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