Ronald Watson Gravel site
Fort Ancient culture |
The Ronald Watson Gravel site (15BE249) is an
Late Archaic, Middle Woodland, Late Woodland, and Middle Fort Ancient periods, although none of these are transitional occupations from one period to another.[1] It is the best documented Middle Woodland site in the Northern Bluegrass region of Kentucky.[2]
Occupations
The site is a 0.4-hectare (0.99-acre) open habitation area on an alluvial terrace of sand and gravel beds overlooking the Ohio River.maygrass.[2] The Late Woodland occupation was during the Newtown phase and was the most intensive occupation of the site.[1] The site was also occupied briefly during the Middle Fort Ancient period (1200 to 1400 CE), during the Anderson phase.[1]
See also
- Big Bone Lick State Park
- Cleek–McCabe site
- Hansen site
- Bentley site
- Thompson site
- Hardin Village site
References
- ^ a b c d Huebchen, Karl R. (2006), The Ronald Watson Gravel Site (15Be249):An examination of the Late Woodland/Fort Ancient transition in Boone County, Kentucky (PDF), University of Cincinnati
- ^ ISBN 978-1-934492-28-4, archived from the original(PDF) on 2010-11-08, retrieved 2010-11-05