Opatrny Village Site

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Opatrny Village Site
Nearest city St. Clairsville, Ohio
Area 50 acres (20 ha)
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 75001323[1]
Added to NRHP May 21, 1975

The Opatrny Village Site is an ancient village site dating from AD 1000-1600. The site was inhabited by the Monongahela culture and is a contemporary with the Fort Ancient cultural way of life. The property was placed on the National Register on 1975-05-21.

The extent of the site has not been fully determined as the artifacts lie in occupational debris over 1.5 feet thick. The site has been used as a pasture and remains largely intact. The property was placed to protect the integrity of the site from a highway project.

Around 1980, an extensive excavation was carried out at Opatrny; the information that it yielded was seen as highly significant in understanding the ways that local cultures changed and developed their surrounding terrain.[2]:367-368

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. 
  2. Myers, Thomas P., ed. "Current Research. American Antiquity 45 (1980): 355-376.

Further reading

  • Ohio Historical Society, Division of Archeology; The Opatrny Village Site; Ohio Historical Society; Columbus, Ohio 1974
  • "Radiocarbon Information from Eastern Ohio and a Summary of the Late Prehistoric Occupation at the Opatrny Village Site". Ohio Archaeologist 29.2 (1979): 40-41.
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