Riverton Site

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Riverton Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Fields at the site

Location:	Northern side of 1150th Avenue immediately west of the Wabash River, northeast of Palestine^[1]
Nearest city:	Palestine, Illinois
Coordinates:	39°1′18″N 87°34′32″W / 39.02167°N 87.57556°W / 39.02167; -87.57556Coordinates: 39°1′18″N 87°34′32″W / 39.02167°N 87.57556°W / 39.02167; -87.57556
NRHP Reference#:	78001141
Added to NRHP:	December 18, 1978^[2]

The Riverton Site is located in or near the city of Palestine, Crawford County, in the U.S. state of Illinois. The site, which has Woodland period archaeological significance, is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, a list it joined in March 2004. Five of Crawford County's seven Registered Historic Places are found in Palestine. Of those seven, three are archaeological sites, including the Swan Island Site and the Stoner Site.

[edit] Notes

^ Location derived from Winters, Howard Dalton. The Riverton Culture: A Second Millenium [sic] Occupation in the Central Wabash Valley. Springfield: Illinois State Museum and Illinois Archaeological Survey, 1969, 18. The NRIS lists the site as "Address Restricted".
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.

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