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Hughes Early Man Sites
Nearest cityFelton, Delaware
Area119.5 acres (48.4 ha)
NRHP reference No.79000623[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 24, 1979

The Hughes Early Man Sites are a complex of prehistoric archaeological sites in central Kent County, Delaware, near the town of Felton. The complex includes six areas of concentrated finds located on well-drained knolls. Finds include a Clovis projectile point, a collection of notched projectile points, bifaces, and remnants of stone tool-making activities.[2]

The sites were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Custer, Jay (1984). Delaware Prehistoric Archaeology. University of Delaware Press. pp. 37, 58, 188. ISBN 9780874132335.