Hell Island Site

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Hell Island Site
Nearest city Odessa, Delaware
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
NRHP reference No. 77000390 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1977

The Hell Island Site (7NC-F-7) is a prehistoric archaeological site located near Odessa, Delaware. The site is a type site for a class of ceramics found at other sites in the region. Artifacts recovered from the site during excavations in 1965 yielded then-distinctive tempered pottery with cordmarking on the interior and exterior, as well as evidence of occupation of the site from the Archaic to the Late Woodland Period. [2]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Current Research". American Antiquity. 31 (4): 602. April 1966. JSTOR   2694414.