Walker Prehistoric Village Archeological Site is an archeological site located near Poolesville, Montgomery County, Maryland. The site is a large Late Woodland village located on Selden Island in the Potomac River. Excavations carried out in the 1930s and 1940s revealed a 40-foot section of a palisade, circular house patterns, shallow oval pits and cylindrical pits, and flexed burials interred in the floors of the houses.[2]
Walker Prehistoric Village Archeological Site | |
| Location | Address Restricted |
|---|---|
| Nearest city | Poolesville, Maryland |
| NRHP reference No. | 75000914 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 12, 1975 |
The island lends its name to a characteristic Early Woodland period ceramic ware known as Selden Island ware, dating from 1000 – 750 BCE and distributed from Virginia to Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania including Maryland's piedmont and coastal plain.[3]
The archaeological site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Walker Prehistoric Village Archeological Site". Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved October 29, 2008.
- ^ "Diagnostic Artifacts in Maryland". Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboritory. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
External links
edit- Walker Prehistoric Village Archeological Site, Montgomery County, Inventory No.: M: 16-9, including photo in 1980, at Maryland Historical Trust website