Evans Site (New Town, North Dakota)

Evans Site
Nearest city New Town, North Dakota
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP Reference # 80002922[1]
Added to NRHP February 8, 1980

The Evans Site (32MN301) is a Native American site located in northwestern North Dakota north of New Town. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] The site is a multicomponent campsite. It was surveyed by archaeologists Fred E. Schneider and Jeff Kinney in the late 1970s.[2] Items found at the site include Avonlea projectile points and sherds of ceramics and Mortlach wares.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Fred E. Schneider and Jeff Kinney (1978). Evans: A Multi-Component Site in Northwestern North Dakota. Archeology in Montana, Vol. 19, Nos. 1-2. pp. 15–24.
  3. John C. Whitehurst, James C. Dahlberg; et al. (March 1989). "A Class II Cultural Resource Inventory of a Portion of the Upper Souris River Valley, North Dakota". Cultural Research & Management, Inc. pp. 18, 132, 143, 148, 150.
  4. Trevor Richard Peck (2010). Light from Ancient Campfires: Archaeological Evidence for Native Lifeways. Athabasca University Press. p. 362. ISBN 1897425961.


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