Garoga Site is an
archaeological site located at
Ephratah in
Fulton County, New York. It is also known as Las-7, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Unique Site No. A035-04-0001. It is one of three
Mohawk Indian village sites excavated by archaeologist Robert E. Funk in 1969–1970.
The site, dated to the 16th century, also known as Garogo, or Castle Hill, is "perched on a hilltop overlooking Caroga Creek." It was first excavated by Samuel Frey in the 1800s. William Ritchie and Robert Funk "identified a minimum of nine
longhouses
A longhouse or long house is a type of long, proportionately narrow, single-room building for communal dwelling. It has been built in various parts of the world including Asia, Europe, and North America.
Many were built from timber and often rep ...
within the main village area and they also confirmed the location of a short double palisade that runs across the entrance to the village site."
They estimated that the village might have held 700 people.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
References
Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Fulton County, New York
Mohawk
Former Native American populated places in the United States
Iroquois populated places
National Register of Historic Places in Fulton County, New York
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