Arzberger Site

Arzberger Site
Countryside at the site
Nearest city Pierre, South Dakota
NRHP Reference # 66000715
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 15, 1966[1]
Designated NHL July 19, 1964[2]

Arzberger Site, also known as 39HU6 is an archaeological site in Hughes County, South Dakota, near Pierre, South Dakota. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964.[2][3]

At the time of the designation in 1964, it was stated:

The northernmost outpost of the Central Plains Tradition (c. 1500 AD), this is the site of an extraordinarily large fortified village atop a low mesa overlooking the Missouri River. The site covers some 70n(sic) acres with 24 bastions. Forty-four circular house rings have been noted. The village likely represents the Arikara Indians at the time they were differentiating from the Pawnee.[2]

References

  1. Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 "Arzberger Site". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  3. Note: A National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination document should be available upon request from the National Park Service for this site, but it appears not to be available on-line from the NPS Focus search site.

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