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{{short description|Historic district in Kentucky, United States}}
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The '''Green River Shell Middens Archeological District''' is a [[historic districts in the United States|historic district]] composed of [[archaeological site]]s in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Kentucky]]. All of the district's sites are [[midden|shell middensmidden]]s along the banks of the [[Green River (Kentucky)|Green River]] that date from the later portion of the [[Archaic period in North America|Archaic period]].<ref name=nhl>{{cite web |url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1935&ResourceType=District |title=National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL) |accessdate=2008-07-15 |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603041256/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1935&ResourceType=District |archivedate=2010-06-03 }}</ref> Studies of this assemblage of sites were critical in the development of knowledge of the Archaic period in the eastern United States.
 
Kentucky's Green River runs through a broad alluvial plain, from which outcroppings of bedrock project. The plain is an area that was inundated during the [[Pleistocene]] by a water body dubbed Lake Green, which resulted in the deposition of large amounts of silt. The middens of this district are typically located along the prehistoric routes of waterways that were established after Lake Green was drained. Archaic period Native Americans were drawn to these waterways by an abundance of mussels.<ref name=tr>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|64000222}}|title=Green River Shell Middens of Kentucky TR|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2020-01-15}}</ref>
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