The Cooper Site is an archaeological site in Lyme, Connecticut. On a terrace of the

Connecticut River The Connecticut River is the longest river in the New England region of the United States, flowing roughly southward for through four states. It rises 300 yards (270 m) south of the U.S. border with Quebec, Canada, and discharges at Long Island ...

near Hamburg Cove, the site has yielded evidence of Middle to Late Woodland occupation. The Late Woodland component includes evidence interpreted as the site of a wigwam, with a large number of stone chips consistent with the development of stone tools at the site. The Middle Woodland component is interpreted as a series of small camps whose occupation was relatively brief.Christian R. Tryon and Anthony R. Philpotts (1997), Possible Sources of Mylonite and Hornfels Debitage From the Cooper Site, Lyme, Connecticut
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pages 3-12 Finds at the site have been dated as far back as c. 500 CE, and include narrow-stemmed projectile points, most of which were made from local quartz, but also from more distant chert and hornfels, some which is from quarries as far off as New Jersey. Pottery finds include fragments with dentate stamping. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. It is located about north of the

Hamburg Cove Site The Hamburg Cove Site is a prehistoric archaeological site in Lyme, Connecticut. The site is believed to constitute a significant Native American habitation site, located near the mouth of the Eight Mile River at Hamburg Cove. Probably occupi ...

, a much larger settlement site.

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Lyme, Connecticut Archaeological sites in New London County, Connecticut Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut National Register of Historic Places in New London County, Connecticut {{Connecticut-NRHP-stub

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