Moosup River Site (RI-1153)

Moosup River Site (RI-1153)
Nearest city Coventry, Rhode Island
NRHP Reference # 87002083 [1]
Added to NRHP December 10, 1987

The Moosup River Site (RI-1153) is an archaeological site in Coventry, Rhode Island. The site is located on a bluff overlooking the Moosup River in western Coventry, not far from the Connecticut state line. The site was identified and excavated in 1985, yielding a quartzite Neville point, and radiocarbon dates to 3050 BCE.[2]

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of Connecticut, Number 54 (PDF page 32-3)" (PDF). Archaeological Society of Connecticut. Retrieved 2014-07-30.


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