Gala Site

Gala Site
Overview from U.S. Route 220 to the east
Location Address Restricted, Gala, Virginia
Area 18 acres (7.3 ha)
NRHP reference # 10000088[1]
VLR # 011-5155
Significant dates
Added to NRHP March 17, 2010
Designated VLR December 17, 2009[2]

Gala Site is a historic archaeological site located near Gala, Botetourt County, Virginia. The site was occupied by Native Americans from circa 3000-1000 B.C. to ca. 900-1607. Archaeological resources at the site include intact remains ranging in function from mortuary to architectural to subsistence as well as community refuse. The site has the potential to provide scholars invaluable information about Native American funerary practices, settlement patterns, ethnic diversity, and other information about the people who inhabited the upper James River portion of southwestern Virginia.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Randy Jones (December 29, 2009). "STATE APPROVES 16 NEW HISTORIC RESOURCES FOR LISTING ON THE VIRGINIA LANDMARKS REGISTER" (PDF). Department of Historic Resources.
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