Hell Island Site
The Hell Island Site (7NC-F-7) is a prehistoric archaeological site located near Odessa, Delaware. The site is a type site for a class of ceramics found at other sites in the region. Artifacts recovered from the site during excavations in 1965 yielded then-distinctive tempered pottery with cordmarking on the interior and exterior, as well as evidence of occupation of the site from the Archaic to the Late Woodland Period.[2]
Hell Island Site | |
| Nearest city | Odessa, Delaware |
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| Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 77000390[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 13, 1977 |
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places in southern New Castle County, Delaware
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "Current Research". American Antiquity (Volume 31, No. 4): 602. April 1966. JSTOR 2694414.
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