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Moosup River Site (RI-1153)

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Moosup River Site (RI-1153)
Nearest cityCoventry, Rhode Island
NRHP reference No.87002083 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 10, 1987

The Moosup River Site (RI-1153) is an archaeological site in Coventry, Rhode Island. The site is located on a bluff overlooking the Moosup River in western Coventry, not far from the Connecticut state line. The site was identified and excavated in 1985, yielding a quartzite Neville point, and radiocarbon dates to 3050 BCE.[2]

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of Connecticut, Number 54 (PDF page 32-3)" (PDF). Archaeological Society of Connecticut. Retrieved July 30, 2014.