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The Wapanucket No. 8 Site: A Clovis-Archaic Site in Massachusetts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Maurice Robbins  and
George A. Agogino
Maurice Robbins
Affiliation:
Bronson Museum, Attleboro, Massachusetts
George A. Agogino
Affiliation:
Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico
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Abstract

This site, which is on a low bluff overlooking Lake Assawompsett in southeastern Massachusetts, has yielded both fluted and Archaic projectile points, as well as other artifacts. The stratigraphy is complex, and a mixture of Paleo-Indian and Archaic artifacts is indicated. Two charcoal samples have been radiocarbon-dated at 1948 B.C. ± 100 years and 2758 ± 140 years B.C. These dates agree with the age of similar Archaic sites in the area.

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American Antiquity , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , April 1964 , pp. 509 - 513
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1964

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