Reedy Creek Site
Excavations published in 1982 revealed burials, pottery, and the remnants of a settlement. The excavation, which only included selected portions of the site, discovered nine graves (one empty), in which skeletons were found in flexed positions; no grave goods were associated with the burials. The excavators recorded pottery of the Clements series, from the Middle Woodland period, and from the Clarksville series, from the Late Woodland period. During the latter occupation, the site seems to been palisaded, as the excavators discovered lines of postmolds of regular depths and placed at regular intervals. No precise date could be ascertained for the Clarksville village, although similar sites indicate that palisades were first built in the region circa AD 1400.
The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 26, 1978.
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References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Coleman, G.N. "The Reedy Creek Site, 44HA22, South Boston, Virginia". Quarterly Bulletin of the Archeological Society of Virginia 37.4 (1982): 150-203
- ^ Loth, Calder (1999). The Virginia Landmarks Register. University of Virginia Press. p. 207. ISBN 9780813918624.