Английская Википедия:Ingles Bottom Archeological Sites

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Шаблон:Infobox NRHP Ingles Bottom Archeological Sites is a set of archaeological sites, and national historic district located along the New River near Radford, Montgomery County, Virginia. The district encompasses a variety of archaeological sites relating to human occupation from 8000 B.C. to the present. It includes the site of a log cabin built about 1762, as the home of William Ingles (1729-1782) and his wife Mary Draper Ingles (1732-1815). The property also includes the site of a stable, the Ingles family cemetery, a tannery,[1]Шаблон:Rp a blacksmith shop,[2][3]Шаблон:RpШаблон:Rp and the Ingles Ferry Tavern.[4]

Excavations during 1974-1976 uncovered the remains of an unpalisaded Native American village dating to 1250–1500 CE. Approximately 100 sherds of limestone-tempered pottery and several large chert projectile points were dated to the early Late Woodland period.[5]Шаблон:Rp In addition, bone tools and shellfish remains were identified, together with projectile points resembling Savannah River points, dating from ca. 3000-1500 BCE, during the Late Archaic period.[1]Шаблон:Rp

Excavations of the Ingles Ferry site initiated in 1974 covered 1400 square feet and found over 30,000 artifacts from the late 18th century. The dig uncovered a tannery as well as the foundation of the one-room cabin where Mary Draper Ingles lived during her final years, which measured 14.5 feet by 16 feet.[1]Шаблон:Rp

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[6]

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Шаблон:National Register of Historic Places in Virginia