Bullskin Creek Site
Bullskin Creek Site | |
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| Nearest city | Felicity, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 38°46′57″N 84°5′32″W / 38.78250°N 84.09222°W |
| Area | 3 acres (12,000 m2) |
| NRHP reference No. | 78002022[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 30, 1978 |
The Bullskin Creek Site (designated red ochre and buried in a flexed position.[3]: 11
The
atlatls, and stone axes and pestles.[3]: 9 These sites are distinguished from other Late Archaic sites in the region by the knives, which are of a type only found in the region surrounding the Great Miami River.[3]: 11 Unique to Bullskin Creek was the presence of what appears to have been religious articles: one artifact cache comprised a wide range of artifacts that suggest that they were the collection of a shaman.[3]: 14 Conversely, no grave goods were found with any of the burials.[3]
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In the 1970s,
excavations by the University of Cincinnati demonstrated that the Bullskin Creek Site was richer than any other site investigated by the university in the previous few years.[2] Because of its archaeological value, the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 138-139.
- ^ a b c d e Otto, Martha P., and Brian G. Redmond, eds. Transitions: Archaic and Early Woodland Research in the Ohio Country. Athens: Ohio UP, 2008, 344-345.
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