Narragansett people: Difference between revisions

In 1987, while conducting a survey for a development company, archaeologists from [[Rhode Island College]] discovered the remains of an Indian village on a site northeast of Point Judith Pond,<ref name = “burial”>Derek Gomes, [https://www.independentri.com/independents/south_county/narragansett/article_9b855f40-c940-5b4e-afdf-d3b93b10ec0e.html “Human burial site found at Salt Pond”], ''The Independent'' (Wakefield, RI), Jan 25, 2013.</ref> adjacent to the land where the Salt Pond Shopping Center was subsequently built. The archaeological site has since been purchased by the State of Rhode Island, and is known as the Salt Pond Archaeological Site or Salt Pond Preserve, and is designated in the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission inventory of recorded archaeological sites as site RI 110.<ref>RI state government press release: “[https://www.ri.gov/press/view/20023 RIDOT and AG Kilmartin announce purchase of historically significant Narragansett Indian archeological site in Narragansett]”.</ref> Excavations revealed the remains of a coastal village from the [[Woodland period#Late Woodland period (500–1000 CE)|Late Woodland period]], inhabited between about 1100 and 1300 A.D. Human burials were found, as well as evidence of houses and other structures, food storage pits, and evidence of maize farming.<ref>Anonymous, “[https://www.ricentral.com/salt-pond-center-of-the-ancient-narragansett-world/article_ae1e398a-0516-5aff-85a3-5311ce6ee655.html Salt Pond, center of the ancient Narragansett world”, OSRI,