Green River Shell Middens Archeological District is a historic district composed of archaeological sites in the U.S. state of Kentucky. All of the district's sites are shell middens along the banks of the Green River that date from the later portion of the Archaic period.[1]
Green River Shell Middens Archeological District | |
| Location | Along the Green River |
|---|---|
| Added to NRHP | May 5, 1994 |
The district was established and named a National Historic Landmark on May 5, 1994.[1] Each of the district's twenty-three contributing properties had previously been listed on the National Register of Historic Places by itself. The sites are distributed among five counties: Butler County (BT), Henderson County (HE), McLean County (McL), Muhlenberg County (MU), and Ohio County (OH).[2]
The district comprises the following sites, listed by their Smithsonian trinomials; names are provided for named sites.
- 15BT5, the Carlston Annis Shell Mound[3]: 8
- 15BT6, the DeWeese Shell Mound[3]: 9
- 15BT10, the Read Shell Mound[3]: 10
- 15BT11, the Russell Shell Mound[3]: 11
- 15BT41, the Rayburn Johnson Shell Mound[3]: 12
- 15BT67, the Woodbury Shell Midden[3]: 13
- 15HE160, the Bluff City Shell Mound[3]: 14
- 15HE580[3]: 15
- 15HE589, the James Giles Shell Midden[3]: 16
- 15HE635[3]: 17
- 15McL2, the R.D. Ford Shell Midden[3]: 18
- 15McL7, the Butterfield Site[3]: 19
- 15McL15, the Austin Site[3]: 20
- 15McL16[3]: 21
- 15McL17[3]: 22
- 15McL109, the Crowe Shell Midden[3]: 23
- 15MU12, the Baker Site[3]: 24
- 15OH1, the Chiggerville Site[3]: 25
- 15OH10, the Smallhous Shell Mound[3]: 26
- 15OH13, the Bowles Site[3]: 27
- 15OH19, the Jimtown Site[3]: 28
- 15OH95, the J.T. Barnard Shell Midden[3]: 29
- 15OH97[3]: 30
References
- ^ a b "National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL)". National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w National Historic Landmark Nomination: Green River Shell Middens. National Park Service: 1994-05-05.