<< Text Pages >> Pig Point - Ancient Village or Settlement in United States in Mid Atlantic
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DigsSite Name: Pig PointCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 37.11 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Mid Atlantic Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Washington, DC Nearest Village: Upper Marlboro, MD
Latitude: 38.793300N Longitude: 76.704W
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Ancient Settlement Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.
An excavation and C14 dating shows a village site dating to 1290 to 1300 AD, although artifacts indicate at least periodic occupation over a much longer time period - thousands of years.
The outlines of multiple oval Algonquian-style wigwams dwellings have been found, along with numerous whole and worn tools, jewelry items, pottery, and food debris.
The excavation has been sponsored by the Maryland Historical Trust. See the attached comments for news stories.
Note: The site given is only approximate.
Note: “This casts all the things we discovered in the first three years in a completely different light. It is a hell of a mystery.” See attached news stories.
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