Skiffes Creek Sand Spit Site

Skiffes Creek Sand Spit Site
LocationAddress Restricted, Newport News, Virginia
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
MPSOakland Farm Industrial Park MRA
NRHP reference No.83003295[1]
VLR No.121-0041
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 24, 1983
Designated VLRSeptember 16, 1982[2]

Skiffes Creek Sand Spit Site is a historic archaeological site located at Newport News, Virginia. It is a well-preserved, possibly stratified archaeological site containing evidence of prehistoric habitation dating to the Early and Middle Woodland eras. The site is invaluable to documenting settlement patterning and environmental and cultural adaptation in Tidewater Virginia during the period 500 B.C. to A.D. 500.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  3. ^ Clarence R. Geier and Staff (April 1982). "Oakland Farm Industrial Park MRA". National Park Service.


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