Mashantucket Pequot Reservation Archeological District

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Mashantucket Pequot Reservation Archeological District
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)

Nearest city:	Ledyard, Connecticut
Architect:	Unknown
Architectural style(s):	No Style Listed
Designated as NHL:	April 12, 1993^[1]
Added to NRHP:	June 11, 1986^[2]
NRHP Reference#:	86001323
Governing body:	Bureau of Indian Affairs

The Mashantucket Pequot Reservation Archeological District comprises nearly 1,638 acres (6.63 km²) of archeologically sensitive land in the northern portion of the uplands historically called Wawarramoreke by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, and within territory first chronicled as Pequot land in the earliest known surviving map (1614) of the region. The district was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b Mashantucket Pequot Reservation Archeological District. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-10-03.
^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).

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