Reedy Creek Site

Reedy Creek Site
Edge of the site, including the adjacent water treatment plant
Location Northern side of the Dan River at the Reedy Creek confluence[1]:154
Nearest city South Boston, Virginia
Coordinates 36°41′40″N 78°52′39″W / 36.69444°N 78.87750°W / 36.69444; -78.87750Coordinates: 36°41′40″N 78°52′39″W / 36.69444°N 78.87750°W / 36.69444; -78.87750
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
NRHP reference # 78003187[2]
Added to NRHP April 26, 1978

The Reedy Creek Site (44HA22) is a pre-Columbian archaeological site located in Halifax County, Virginia, near the town of South Boston. The site was first inhabited in the Late Archaic period from 2000 to 1000 B.C. Later, from 900 to 1400 A.D., a village was located at the site. Archaeological excavations at the site have revealed animal bones and seed and nut remnants, providing evidence as to the diet of the region's native inhabitants.[3]

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.[1]:156 The excavators recorded pottery of the Clements series, from the Middle Woodland period, and from the Clarksville series,[1]:160 from the Late Woodland period.[1]:169 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.[1]:162

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 26, 1978.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Coleman, G.N. "The Reedy Creek Site, 44HA22, South Boston, Virginia". Quarterly Bulletin of the Archeological Society of Virginia 37.4 (1982): 150-203
  2. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. ↑ Loth, Calder (1999). The Virginia Landmarks Register. University of Virginia Press. p. 207. ISBN 9780813918624.
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