Opatrny Village Site | |
Location | U.S. Route 40 north of the Belmont Hills Country Club [2] |
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Nearest city | St. Clairsville, Ohio |
Coordinates | 40°4′29″N 80°56′36″W / 40.07472°N 80.94333°W |
Area | 50 acres (20 ha) |
NRHP reference No. | 75001323 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 21, 1975 |
The Opatrny Village Site is an ancient village site dating from AD 1000–1600. The site was inhabited by the Monongahela culture and is a contemporary with the Fort Ancient cultural way of life. The property was placed on the National Register on 1975-05-21.
The extent of the site has not been fully determined as the artifacts lie in occupational debris over 1.5 feet thick. The site has been used as a pasture and remains largely intact. The property was placed to protect the integrity of the site from a highway project.
Around 1980, an extensive excavation was carried out at Opatrny; the information that it yielded was seen as highly significant in understanding the ways that local cultures changed and developed their surrounding terrain. [3]: 367–368 Despite its location along U.S. Route 40, the village remains less disturbed by modern development than most surrounding terrain. [2]
Opatrny Village Site | |
Location | U.S. Route 40 north of the Belmont Hills Country Club [2] |
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Nearest city | St. Clairsville, Ohio |
Coordinates | 40°4′29″N 80°56′36″W / 40.07472°N 80.94333°W |
Area | 50 acres (20 ha) |
NRHP reference No. | 75001323 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 21, 1975 |
The Opatrny Village Site is an ancient village site dating from AD 1000–1600. The site was inhabited by the Monongahela culture and is a contemporary with the Fort Ancient cultural way of life. The property was placed on the National Register on 1975-05-21.
The extent of the site has not been fully determined as the artifacts lie in occupational debris over 1.5 feet thick. The site has been used as a pasture and remains largely intact. The property was placed to protect the integrity of the site from a highway project.
Around 1980, an extensive excavation was carried out at Opatrny; the information that it yielded was seen as highly significant in understanding the ways that local cultures changed and developed their surrounding terrain. [3]: 367–368 Despite its location along U.S. Route 40, the village remains less disturbed by modern development than most surrounding terrain. [2]