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Multi-periodSite Name: Mitchell Site Alternative Name: Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village, Mitchell Village, 39-DV-1Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 22.191 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The Plains Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Mitchell, SD
Latitude: 43.742000N Longitude: 98.034W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
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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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Ancient Village in Davidson County, South Dakota.The working archaeological site for a pallisaded village of over seventy earthen lodges dating to ca. 900AD. The people of the village (Lower James River Phase culture) farmed and hunted bison and other game.
Discovered in 1910, the non-profit Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village Preservation Society maintains the site for the public and conducts archaeological field schools in association with university researchers. In addition to the dig site, the grounds include a museum and a recreation of an earthen lodge.
A National Historic Landmark, the site was also placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966:
NRHP #66000712
Historic Significance: Information Potential
Area of Significance: Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation: Lower James, Middle Missouri
Period of Significance: 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner: Local , Private
Historic Function: Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function: Camp, Graves/Burials
Current Function: Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Outdoor Recreation, Park
Note: 1,000 year-old seeds and pottery in 2015 dig season. See Comment.
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