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Donnaha Site

Coordinates: 36°13′53″N 80°26′29″W / 36.23139°N 80.44139°W / 36.23139; -80.44139
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Donnaha Site
Donnaha Site is located in North Carolina
Donnaha Site
Donnaha Site is located in the United States
Donnaha Site
LocationWestern side of the Yadkin River, east of East Bend, near East Bend, North Carolina[2]
Coordinates36°13′53″N 80°26′29″W / 36.23139°N 80.44139°W / 36.23139; -80.44139
Area24 acres (9.7 ha)
NRHP reference No.78001987[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 6, 1978

Donnaha Site is a historic archaeological site located on the banks of the Yadkin River near East Bend, Yadkin County, North Carolina. The site includes well-preserved organic remains from a village occupied between ca. A.D. 1000 and A.D. 1500. The diet of the occupants primarily consisted of wild plants and animals, such as deer, turkey, fish, shellfish and nuts. Maize horticulture supplemented the diet, rather than being a major subsistence feature.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in December 6, 1978.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Master Site Record, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, n.d. Accessed 2014-06-23.
  3. ^ Dolores A. Hall (Fall 1985). "Donnaha Site". NEWSLETTER of the Friends of North Carolina Archaeology. North Carolina Office of State Archaeology. Retrieved July 1, 2015.