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Willin Village Archeological Site is an archaeological site near Eldorado in Dorchester County, Maryland. The Sussex Society of Archeology and History extensively excavated this site between 1951 and 1953. They identified grooved axes and stemmed points indicating use by Archaic peoples. It was possibly the site of a village during the Late Woodland period.
The Grear Prehistoric Village Site is an archeological site located near Crystal Beach, Cecil County, Maryland. The site was discovered and tested by an amateur archeologist in 1971. It is the northernmost known Late Woodland period village site on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay outside of the Susquehanna River Basin.
Skipworth's Addition is an archeological site located near Harwood, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It was identified in 1990 when the owners of the property unearthed several large pieces of North Devon pottery. Later excavation produced 17th-century artifacts, including glass, tobacco pipes, nails, refined earthenwares, and coarse ceramics, which confirm this site to be that of Skipworth's Addition. The site is located within the bounds of the 1664 patent "The Addition," which was issued in December 1662 to George Skipworth for an 18-acre (73,000 m2) tract. The Skipwiths were active members of the Quaker community and hosted a half-year Meeting for Men in their home at Skipworth's Addition in 1680.
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- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ↑ "Katcef Archeological Site". Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved October 29, 2008.
