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<< Text Pages >> Slack Farm - Ancient Village or Settlement in United States in The South

Submitted by bat400 on Tuesday, 11 January 2011  Page Views: 6742

Multi-periodSite Name: Slack Farm Alternative Name: 15 UN 28
Country: United States Region: The South Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
 Nearest Village: Uniontown, KY
Latitude: 37.770000N  Longitude: 88.01W
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.
no data 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.
no data 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
3

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Ancient Village and Cemetery in Union County, Kentucky.
An extensive village with cemetery sections, dating to 1400-1650AD. Pottery and other dating methods identify the people who founded and occupied the Slack Farm Site as belonging to the Caborn-Welborn culture, which was located around the confluence of the Ohio and Wabash Rivers.

Caborn-Welborn is felt to have been based on and to have followed the culture that created Angel Mounds. It was one of the last distinct prehistoric cultures of the Ohio Valley, prior to European contact. Another Caborn-Welborn example is the Hovey Lake site.
The Slack Farm site had one mound, a central plaza, and groupings of wattle and daub houses. Cemeteries were associated with the different sections of the village.
Slack Farm was a known village site in the 20C, but became infamous in 1987 when a group of ten men paid a new property owner $10,000 to allow them to conduct an organized and methodical looting of the site. Over 600 graves were opened and high market value objects were removed for sale. Human remains were scattered and preserved house sites, hearths, post holes, and other artifacts and features with no market value were destroyed. The locals complained to law enforcement, who arrested the looters on the minor charges applicable at the time.

The Slack Farm looting provoked outrage nationwide and was a direct antecedent to the passage more stringent state laws, governing excavation of historic and prehistoric items and the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).

Note: The location given is approximate, and does not reflect any particular portion of the ancient village or cemetery. The site is on private property. There is no public access.
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Ringstones (new circle at Near Slack Farm)
Ringstones (new circle at Near Slack Farm) submitted by Andyc71 : Site in England (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ringstones (new circle at Near Slack Farm)
Ringstones (new circle at Near Slack Farm) submitted by Andyc71 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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