Brinsfield I Site

Brinsfield I Site
Nearest city Cambridge, Maryland
NRHP Reference # 75000887[1]
Added to NRHP May 12, 1975

Brinsfield I Site, or Brinsfield I Prehistoric Village Site, is an archaeological site near Cambridge in Dorchester County, Maryland. The site was first identified in 1955 by Perry S. Flegel of the Sussex Society of Archaeology & History. It is a late prehistoric archaeological site characterized by shell-tempered pottery and triangular projectile points. The site may provide evidence of prehistoric life on the eastern shore of Maryland during the Late Woodland period, c. 900-1500.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Brinsfield I Prehistoric Village Site, Dorchester County". Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2008-10-29.

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