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Archaeological site in Maryland, US

United States historic place
Brinsfield I Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest cityCambridge, Maryland
NRHP reference No.75000887
Added to NRHPMay 12, 1975

Brinsfield I Site, or Brinsfield I Prehistoric Village Site, is an archaeological site near Cambridge in Dorchester County, Maryland. The site was first identified in 1955 by Perry S. Flegel of the Sussex Society of Archaeology & History. It is a late prehistoric archaeological site characterized by shell-tempered pottery and triangular projectile points. The site may provide evidence of prehistoric life on the eastern shore of Maryland during the Late Woodland period, c. 900–1500.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "Brinsfield I Prehistoric Village Site, Dorchester County". Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved October 29, 2008.

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