Shea Site

The Shea Site is a Native American archeological site near Embden, North Dakota. It was the site of a Native American village on a bluff overlooking the Maple River floodplain. It was protected by a deep "dry moat or fortification ditch."[2] The 3-acre (1.2 ha) site was excavated by archaeologists in the mid-1980s and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1][2]

Shea Site
Nearest cityEmbden, North Dakota
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
NRHP reference No.96000817[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 25, 1996

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Michael G. Michlovic (Summer 1988). "The Archaeology of the Red River Valley" (PDF). Minnesota History. p. 62.


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