Sassafras Site, RI-55

	Sassafras Site, RI-55
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Albion, Rhode Island
NRHP reference No.	84000360
Added to NRHP	November 1, 1984

The Sassafras Site, designated RI-55, is a prehistoric archaeological site in Albion, a village of Lincoln, Rhode Island. The site was discovered by archaeologists while surveying an area for a potential replacement for the Albion Street bridge,^[2] which spans the Blackstone River between Lincoln and Cumberland. The site encompasses a regionally significant quartz stone tool workshop.^[3]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ "2003 Comprehensive Plan for Cumberland, Rhode Island: Cultural Resources Element" (PDF). Town of Cumberland. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
^ Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of Connecticut, Issue 46. 1983.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[CumberlandPlan-2] "2003 Comprehensive Plan for Cumberland, Rhode Island: Cultural Resources Element" (PDF). Town of Cumberland. Retrieved August 4, 2014.

[3] Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of Connecticut, Issue 46. 1983.

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