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Smith Pagerie Site

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Smith Pagerie Site
Nearest cityEphratah, New York
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
NRHP reference No.80002615[1]
Added to NRHPApril 22, 1980

Smith Pagerie Site, also known as Las. 11–4, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Unique Site No. A035-04-0002, is an archaeological site located at Ephratah in Fulton County, New York, US. It is one of three Mohawk Indian village sites excavated by the archaeologist Robert E. Funk in 1969–1970.[2]

The site is dated from 1560 to 1580. It occupies 4 acres (1.6 ha) just east of Caroga Creek, contains the remains of twelve to fifteen longhouses, and was probably surrounded by a palisade. Its population is estimated to have been around 1350.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Funk, Robert E. and Robert D. Kuhn (2003). Three Sixteenth-Century Mohawk Iroquois Village Sites (book) (Museum Bulletin 503 ed.). New York State Museum, Albany NY. pp. 482pp. ISBN 1-55557-147-6.
  3. ^ Snow, Dean (1995). Mohawk Valley Archaeology: The Sites (PDF). Matson Museum of Archaeology, Penn State University. ISBN 0-9647913-0-7. Retrieved May 2, 2016.