The Island Field Site (7K-F-17) is a major archaeological site in
Kent County, Delaware
Kent County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of the 2020 census, the population was 181,851, making it the least populous county in Delaware. The county seat is Dover, the state capital of Delaware. It i ...
, United States. The site is located in
South Bowers, just south of the
Murderkill River
The Murderkill River is a river flowing to Delaware Bay in central Delaware in the United States. It is approximately long and drains an area of on the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
The Murderkill flows for its entire length in southern Kent Count ...
near where it empties into
Delaware Bay. The site was a major prehistoric Native American village site, which was most notable for its cemetery. The site was first identified in the 1920s during road work, and was excavated in the 1950s-60s, after which the area was eventually built up to include a museum. In 1986 members of the local
Nanticoke tribe protested the display and removal for research of burial remains at the site.
The site was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
See also
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References
Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
Kent County, Delaware
National Register of Historic Places in Kent County, Delaware
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