Shoop Site (36DA20)

Shoop Site (36DA20)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	East of Enders, Jackson Township and Wayne Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°29′14″N76°49′12″W / 40.48722°N 76.82000°W / 40.48722; -76.82000
Area	90 acres (36 ha)
NRHP reference No.	86000241 [1]
Added to NRHP	February 13, 1986

Shoop Site (designated 33DA20 ) is a prehistoric archaeological site in Jackson Township and Wayne Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It is the site of a large Paleoindian campsite, dated to 9,000-9,500 BCE. It was first discovered in the 1930s by George Gordon, and also studied by Frank Soday who later discovered the Quad site. ^[2] In the decades since its discovery, the site has yielded approximately 7,000 artifacts scattered over at least 37 acres for lithic analysis. Additionally, there is a large number of “astoundingly reworked” fluted Projectile points and endscrapers, and fully 98% of the artifacts are made from a lithic material that originates hundreds of miles away. ^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes Ira Beckerman (1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Shoop Site" (PDF). Retrieved November 12, 2011.
3. Carr, Kurt (October 2010). "Probing the Mysteries of the Shoop Site" (PDF). Mammoth Trumpet. 26 (1). Texas A&M University: 1–11. ISSN   8755-6898.