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Multi-periodSite Name: Strawtown Enclosure Alternative Name: 12H883, Strawtown Koteewi ParkCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 65.274 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Noblesville, Indiana Nearest Village: Strawtown, Indiana
Latitude: 40.126400N Longitude: 85.9519W
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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bat400 visited on 1st Oct 2006 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 3 Access: 4
The earthwork remains of a circular pallisaded village from the Late Woodland and Late Prehistoric Periods (1250 A.D. and 1400 A.D.,) known in this area as the Oliver Phase.
The village site earthwork remains are currently very low and fairly subtle, requiring you to walk around the parameter to clearly view it. The village may have housed 100 - 200 people, but may have been occupied only seasonally. There is also a nearby cemetery associated with the village.
Flotation analysis indicates that although a number of crops were grown and may wide food sources were used (little barley, goosefoot, maygrass, sunflower, and hickory, walnut, purselane) corn (maize) probably made up the majority of the food eaten by the people here. Faunal remains found include white-tailed deer, and small animals like grey squirrel, turtles, turkey, passenger pigion, as well as some remains from large animals such as elk and black bear.
There are approximately 140 other archaeological sites in the park’s 750 acres, although none have visual components. They range from Late Paleoindian (10000 BP) to historic sites, based on tool finds and ceramics. The most substantial occupation appears to be in the time frame of the enclosure village. Three of the sites are now on the National Register of Historic Places.
Lies within the Hamilton County Strawtown Koteewi Park with hiking and bridle trails, and non-motorized boat launch points. The on-site Taylor Center of Natural History is an educational and interpretive facility. It includes an exhibit room with some archaeological finds, a classroom, a laboratory to clean and catalog artifacts, and a curation room and research headquarters.
Sources:
McCord and Cochran, An Archaeological Survey of the Taylor Property Strawtown, 2003.
McCord Archaeological Subsurface Reconnaissance Koteewi Park Lake Hamilton County, Indiana, 2006.
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