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Potter Pond Archeological District

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Potter Pond Archeological District
Nearest citySouth Kingstown, Rhode Island
Area481 acres (195 ha)
MPSIndian Use of the Salt Pond Region between ca. 4000 B.P. and ca. 1750 A.D. MPS
NRHP reference No.87002102 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 8, 1987

The Potter Pond Archeological District is a large complex of archaeological sites in coastal South Kingstown, Rhode Island. The area is roughly bounded by United States Route 1, Point Judith Pond, Matunuck Beach Road, and the south coast, and includes 22 archaeologically significant sites dating from the Late Archaic through the Late Woodland periods.[2]

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Cultural Resources Inventory, Long Island Sound" (PDF). US Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved 2014-09-25.