Smith Pagerie Site is an

archaeological site An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology an ...

located at Ephratah in

Fulton County, New York Fulton County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. It forms part of the state's Mohawk Valley region. Its county seat is Johnstown. At the 2020 U.S. census, the county had a population of 53,324. The county is named in honor of Robert F ...

, US. It is also known as Las. 11–4, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Unique Site No. A035-04-0002. It is one of three Mohawk Indian village sites excavated by the archaeologist Robert E. Funk in 1969–1970. The site is dated from 1560–1580. It occupies just east of Caroga Creek, contains the remains of twelve to fifteen

longhouse 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 ...

s, and was probably surrounded by a

palisade A palisade, sometimes called a stakewall or a paling, is typically a fence or defensive wall made from iron or wooden stakes, or tree trunks, and used as a defensive structure or enclosure. Palisades can form a stockade. Etymology ''Palisade' ...

. Its population is estimated to have been around 1350. It was listed on the

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in 1980.

References

Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Fulton County, New York Iroquois populated places Former Native American populated places in the United States Mohawk Native American history of New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Fulton County, New York {{FultonCountyNY-NRHP-stub