Doerschuk Site

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Site 31Mg22
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LocationEastern side of the Yadkin River, east of Badin, Badin, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°23′45″N80°04′12″W / 35.39583°N 80.07000°W / 35.39583; -80.07000
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
NRHP reference No. 85001750 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 5, 1985

The Doerschuk Site (Smithsonian trinomial: 31Mg22) is a prehistoric archaeological site with remains from the Archaic period in North America located near Badin, Montgomery County, North Carolina. The Doerschuk Site was first recorded in 1948 by H. M. Doerschuk. The site is privately owned by the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA). [2] [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

Excavations were done at the Doerschuk Site in 1949, yielding distinctive spear points that allowed archaeologists to divide the Middle Archaic period (6000-3000BC) in the Piedmont, [4] with specific styles of spear points being found in the various sites of the area, including Lowder's Ferry site. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Looters Threaten Famous Archaeological Site: CFAR Partners With ALCOA and OSA To Preserve National Register Site" (PDF). Common Ground, Volume 14 Number 1, Winter 2002. Coe Foundation for Archaeological Research. n.d. Archived from the original (pdf) on February 21, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  3. Master Site Record, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, n.d. Accessed 2014-06-23.
  4. "M Archaic Piedmont". Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  5. Davis, R. P. Stephen Jr; Freeman, Joan E.; Lawrence, Richard W. (January 2006). "Archaeology Part 2: Discoveries of the North Carolina Piedmont". NCPedia. University of North Carolina Press . Retrieved December 4, 2015.