Featured: How and why the ancients enchanted Great Britain and Brittany

How and why the ancients enchanted Great Britain and Brittany

Ancestral Geographies of the Neolithic, Edmonds, Bender

Ancestral Geographies of the Neolithic, Edmonds, Bender

Who's Online

There are currently, 189 guests and 6 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

<< Other Photo Pages >> Early Archaic Settlement Site on North King Street - Ancient Village or Settlement in United States in New England

Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 13 December 2022  Page Views: 1033

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Early Archaic Settlement Site on North King Street
Country: United States Region: New England Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Northampton
Latitude: 42.345260N  Longitude: 72.64332W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

Internal Links:
External Links:

Early Archaic Settlement Site on North King Street
Early Archaic Settlement Site on North King Street submitted by dodomad : Finds from the site Source: Massachusetts State archaeological report (Vote or comment on this photo)
This 10,000 year old Indigenous archeological site in Northampton, MA was saved from destruction due to proposed road building by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation in 2020. This ancient site was preserved – for now – thanks to actions taken by the 50,000 person strong email list of supporters organised by Nayyag Preserve the Aquinnah Wampanoag, and the Narragansett.

“No other fully intact site from this phase of the Early Archaic has ever been discovered in Massachusetts,” according to archaeologist Dr. Richard Gramly, a recognized expert on the period. “As this site was never disturbed by farming or other activities, it’s a once in a lifetime discovery for archeologists.”

Artifacts recovered have not been made available to outside experts for examination following repeated requests.

After studying the State’s 164-page archeological report and visiting the site, Dr. Gramly agrees with the State’s archaeologist that more artifacts remain buried. Gramly received his PhD in Anthropology from Harvard in 1975.

“Ritual features, that is to say, human burials and groups of burial furniture, may be expected to exist at any Early Archaic site used for habitation. But it is nearly certain that the State’s archeological work was not thorough enough to reveal any of these features,” Dr. Gramly stated. “It is a simple matter to overlook entire cemeteries if no concerted effort is made to find these elusive features.”

Read more at Greg Skibiski's Blog - which was written while the site was still under threat.

See the comments below for lots more news on this site and a new film project

Note: Nearby this find site in Massachusetts is what appears to be a large two-person sitting grinding stone. Also on this page is news of a documentary film in production to raise awareness of and help protect Indigenous sites
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Early Archaic Settlement Site on North King Street
Early Archaic Settlement Site on North King Street submitted by dodomad : Comparison of known Parallel Stemmed projectile points: Fowler (1968a) upper left; Jones (1999) displaying Parallel Stemmed and Bifurcates, upper right; Singer (2017) lower right; and lower left, Northampton, MA - this site. (Source: Massachusetts State archaeological report) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.

Nearby Images from Flickr
Kitchen view
Screened in porch
Lit by the sun
Coneflowers
Great Blue Herons at nest
Great Blue Herons at nest

The above images may not be of the site on this page, but were taken nearby. They are loaded from Flickr so please click on them for image credits.


Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the area

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 143m NW 320° Potential Grinding Stone at Northampton Site Polissoir
 18.0km NW 310° Balanced rock Goshen* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 29.1km NNE 20° Turner's Falls Standing Stones
 37.7km NNW 340° Burnt Hill Heath* Stone Circle
 52.3km N 7° Humming Stone Guilford (Summstein) Modern Stone Circle etc
 54.8km WNW 290° Balance Stone Lanesborough Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 56.5km WNW 282° EarthGate Circle Modern Stone Circle etc
 58.3km N 7° Brattleboro Petroglyphs Rock Art
 64.0km ENE 74° Wachusett Stone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 68.3km SSE 152° Connecticut Archaeology Center* Museum
 74.4km WSW 237° Giant's Thumb and mound* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 89.4km N 11° Bellows Falls Petroglyphs* Rock Art
 99.5km ESE 115° Nipsachuk Cairn
 102.9km SSE 156° Montville Chamber* Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
 113.0km ESE 121° Ochee Spring Quarry Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
 113.5km SSE 150° Mashantucket Pit Houses Ancient Village or Settlement
 114.2km SSE 155° Gungywamp* Standing Stones
 116.3km ESE 106° Foxborough Perched Boulder (2)* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 116.3km SSE 152° Ledyard Stone Enclosures Cairn
 116.4km ESE 105° Foxborough Prayer Seat (2)* Cairn
 116.4km ESE 106° Foxborough Perched Boulder (6)* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 116.4km ESE 106° Foxborough Perched Boulder (5)* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 116.4km ESE 106° Foxborough Prayer Seat and Stone Ring* Cairn
 116.4km ESE 106° Foxborough Cairn* Cairn
 116.5km ESE 105° Foxborough Perched Boulder (1)* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Trajan's Roman Bridge

Etowah Mounds - Mound A >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Current Archaeology Book of the Year 2019!

Current Archaeology Book of the Year 2019!

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Early Archaic Settlement Site on North King Street" | Login/Create an Account | 3 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Nearby, what appears to be a large two-person sitting grinding stone by Andy B on Monday, 12 December 2022
(User Info | Send a Message)
150m from the main site near Northampton is what appears to be a large two-person sitting grinding stone.
More details here: https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=57826
[ Reply to This ]

Documentary Film in production to raise awareness of and protect Indigenous sites by Andy B on Monday, 12 December 2022
(User Info | Send a Message)
nayyag.org write: Now that we won against the Commonwealth and temporarily saved the 10,000 year old Native American village, it is TIME TO GO BIGGER so that we can preserve these sites forever.

Documentary filmmaker Tyler Chase has captured HUNDREDS OF HOURS of interviews with leaders from tribes including the Lakota, Mashpee, Narragansett, Wampanoag, prominent archeologists, and many other Indigenous experts.

They explain on film, “the ongoing cultural erasure of Native Americans by outdated policies, mislead institutions, hiding of evidence and destruction of precious artifacts”.

The film has a working title of Always Here and you can find more details here
https://www.lorage.com/innercircle/

and watch the trailer here



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBoXt7t69ng
[ Reply to This ]

MassDOT Introduces False Conclusion in Final Northampton Site Report by Andy B on Monday, 12 December 2022
(User Info | Send a Message)
Massachusetts Department of Transport (MassDOT) tailored the conclusion of the final archeological report so that the site could be destroyed.

Comments from Dr. Gramly, a Harvard PhD archeologist who has spent a lifetime studying the Early Archaic period: “Their conclusion that the occupation was brief is just pure fiction.”

“With nearly 2,000 items already recovered from the known site, I cannot understand why they want to believe occupations were brief. They want to “dismiss” the site despite the fact that they did not test deeply and explore thoroughly.”

“The notion is that occupations were brief/fleeting is meant to carry the implication that ritual activity did NOT take place there.”

“This doesn’t address the basic problem which is their flawed assumption that the deposits were necessarily shallow with nothing at greater depth, which is just not the case with sites of this period.”

Dr. Gramly further added that none of the state’s archeologists have any experience with Early Archaic period sites.

Comments from Mark Andrews, Senior Cultural Resource Monitor with the Aquinnah Wampanoag: “The claim that this is a temporary hunting camp is outrageous.”

“I was onsite to witness substantial finds of dozens of artifacts that make it clear the site is a long-term occupation site.”

“The most significant argument against a short-term hunting camp is the site location alone. This site is just a few minutes walking distance from the Connecticut River.”

“The Connecticut River was the epicenter of early life as glacial recession occurred. Nobody had to travel to search for resources if already at the river’s banks. Everything, everyone, and anything needed was provided by the river with travel, trade, and existing resources already located there, including at this location a choke point between the rocks and river for game, and a freshwater spring.”

More at
https://nayyag.org/2022/03/04/massdot-introduces-false-conclusion-in-final-northampton-site-report/
[ Reply to This ]

Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>

We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.