Wampanucket Site

Wampanucket Site
Assawompsett Pond, in whose area the site is located
Nearest cityMiddleborough, Massachusetts
NRHP reference No.73001596 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 4, 1973

The Wampanucket Site is a pre-historic archaeological site in Middleborough, Massachusetts, United States. Located near Assawompset Pond, it is a major Paleo-Indian site providing evidence of human habitation as far back as 12,000 years ago.[2] Finds at the site include projectile points from both the Early Archaic and Late Woodland Periods. Evidence of human habitation extends across a number of prehistoric periods and into the colonial period, when the area was occupied by a subgroup of the Wampanoag tribe.[3]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ↑ "The Taunton Wild and Scenic River" (PDF). Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  3. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Assawompset Ponds Complex". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
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