Shea Site

Shea Site
Nearest city Embden, North Dakota
Area 3 acres (1.2 ha)
NRHP Reference # 96000817[1]
Added to NRHP July 25, 1996

The Shea Site is a Native American archeological site near Embden, North Dakota. It was the site of a Native American village on a bluff overlooking the Maple River floodplain. It was protected by a deep "dry moat or fortification ditch."[2] The 3-acre (1.2 ha) site was excavated by archaeologists in the mid-1980s and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Michael G. Michlovic (Summer 1988). "The Archaeology of the Red River Valley" (PDF). Minnesota History. p. 62.


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