Engineering:Potomac Palisades Site
Potomac Palisades Site | |
 Mound in the unexcavated site (2011) | |
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| Location | Overlooking the Potomac River at MacArthur Boulevard and Foxhall Road |
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| Nearest city | Washington, D.C. |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 38°54′21″N 77°4′52″W / 38.90583°N 77.08111°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| NRHP reference # | 82001714[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 15, 1982 |
The Potomac Palisades Site is an archaeological site in Washington, D.C., United States. Measuring about 1 acre (0.40 ha) in area,[1] the site lies near the intersection of MacArthur Boulevard and Foxhall Road,[2]: 4 along the Potomac River.[3] It is one of many archaeological sites in the present-day Potomac Palisades;[2]: 4 a 1984 field survey revealed evidence that supported earlier ideas of the archaeological richness of the northern bank of the Potomac in this area.[2]: 8
Among the artifacts found during excavation at the site is a triangle-shaped projectile point.[3] The primary use of the site appears to have been during the Late Archaic period, during which time it was heavily used as a lithic workshop.[2]: 4 In recognition of its archaeological value, the Potomac Palisades Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Artemel, Janice G., et al. "Preliminary Archaeological Survey 23 Recreation Facilities Washington DC." Washington, D.C.: Engineering-Science for the District of Columbia Department of Recreation, 1984-09.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Greenhorne & O'Mara. "Phase IA Archeological Assessment of the Armed Forces Retirement Home ." Washington, D.C.: Greenhorne & O'Mara for the Armed Forces Retirement Home, 2004-10, 14.
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