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Walker Prehistoric Village Archeological Site
LocationAddress Restricted
Nearest city Poolesville, Maryland
NRHP reference  No. 75000914 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 12, 1975

Walker Prehistoric Village Archeological Site is an archeological site located near Poolesville, Montgomery County, Maryland. The site is a large Late Woodland village located on Selden Island in the Potomac River. Excavations carried out in the 1930s and 1940s revealed a 40-foot section of a palisade, circular house patterns, shallow oval pits and cylindrical pits, and flexed burials interred in the floors of the houses. [2]

The island lends its name to a characteristic Early Woodland period ceramic ware known as Selden Island ware, dating from 1000 – 750 BCE and distributed from Virginia to Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania including Maryland's piedmont and coastal plain. [3]

The archaeological site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Walker Prehistoric Village Archeological Site". Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved October 29, 2008.
  3. ^ "Diagnostic Artifacts in Maryland". Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboritory. Retrieved February 15, 2011.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Walker Prehistoric Village Archeological Site
LocationAddress Restricted
Nearest city Poolesville, Maryland
NRHP reference  No. 75000914 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 12, 1975

Walker Prehistoric Village Archeological Site is an archeological site located near Poolesville, Montgomery County, Maryland. The site is a large Late Woodland village located on Selden Island in the Potomac River. Excavations carried out in the 1930s and 1940s revealed a 40-foot section of a palisade, circular house patterns, shallow oval pits and cylindrical pits, and flexed burials interred in the floors of the houses. [2]

The island lends its name to a characteristic Early Woodland period ceramic ware known as Selden Island ware, dating from 1000 – 750 BCE and distributed from Virginia to Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania including Maryland's piedmont and coastal plain. [3]

The archaeological site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Walker Prehistoric Village Archeological Site". Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved October 29, 2008.
  3. ^ "Diagnostic Artifacts in Maryland". Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboritory. Retrieved February 15, 2011.



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