A new article in the Woonsocket Call, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, tells of recent developments in this story. (It's never been clear to those of us who have studied these sites that rock piles always are graves, many seem to have been built for other ceremonial purposes, so bones may not be found. The mapping they intend to do sounds useful, but it is possible even if this is a ceremonial site, that they may find nothing to convince anyone of that. Should be interesting. --aluta)
Town to back survey of possible battle site
JOSEPH B. NADEAU, Staff Writer
An archaeological survey of lands suspected to contain an Indian burial ground and possible battle sites of King Philip’s War of 1675-1676 could be getting under way in the next few weeks after the Town Council on Monday agreed to help fund the effort.
The panel voted unanimously to contribute $1,000 in Planning Department funding needed to secure a grant of a matching sum from the Preserve Rhode Island historic preservation group.
The funding will allow Frederick F. Meli, a South Kingstown-based archaeoanthropologist, to conduct a survey of lands owned by a local family near the Nipsachuck Swamp thought to contain the historic battle sites and possible graves or ceremonial sites used by American Indians for generations.
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