Monocacy Site


Monocacy Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Dickerson, Maryland
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	No Style Listed
NRHP Reference #	75000151
Added to NRHP	July 30, 1975^[1]

The Monocacy Site is an archeological site located along the Potomac River. The site spans several eras ranging from Archaic period to the early Woodland period. Projectile points, pottery and soapstone vessels have been found here, with pottery dated to c. 1145-865 BC. The site is the deepest known stratified site in Maryland.^[2]

References

↑ Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Maryland Historical Trust". National Register of Historic Places: Properties in Frederick County. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-10-05.

External links

Monocacy Site, Frederick County, including 1970 photo, at Maryland Historical Trust

Pre-Columbian North America

Periods Lithic Archaic Formative Classic Post-Classic

Archaeological cultures	Adena Alachua Ancient Pueblo (Anasazi) Baytown Belle Glade Buttermilk Creek Complex Caborn-Welborn Calf Creek Caloosahatchee Clovis Coles Creek Deptford Folsom Fort Ancient Fort Walton Fremont Glacial Kame Glades Hohokam Hopewell List of Hopewell sites Leon-Jefferson Mississippian List of Mississippian sites Mogollon Monongahela Old Cordilleran Oneota Paleo-Arctic Paleo-Indians Patayan Plano Plaquemine Poverty Point Red Ocher Santa Rosa-Swift Creek St. Johns Steed-Kisker Tchefuncte Tocobaga Troyville

Archaeological sites	Angel Mounds Bandelier National Monument The Bluff Point Stoneworks Cahokia Casa Grande Chaco Canyon Coso Rock Art District Crystal River Archaeological State Park Eaker Effigy Mounds National Monument Etowah Indian Mounds Eva Folsom Site Fort Ancient Fort Center Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Holly Bluff Site Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Kincaid Mounds Kolomoki Mounds Marksville Meadowcroft Rockshelter Mesa Verde Moorehead Circle Moundville Mummy Cave Nodena Site Ocmulgee National Monument Old Stone Fort Parkin Park Pinson Mounds Portsmouth Earthworks Poverty Point Pueblo Bonito Recapture Canyon Rock Eagle Rock Hawk Russell Cave National Monument Salmon Ruins Serpent Mound Spiro Mounds SunWatch Taos Pueblo Toltec Mounds Town Creek Indian Mound Winterville Wupatki National Monument

Miscellaneous	Black drink Buhl Woman Ceremonial pipe Chunkey Clovis point Container Revolution Eastern Agricultural Complex Eden point Effigy mound Falcon dancer Folsom point Green Corn Ceremony Horned Serpent Kennewick Man Kiva Medicine wheel Metallurgy Mi'kmaq hieroglyphic writing Mound Builders N.A.G.P.R.A. Norse colonization of the Americas Piasa Southeastern Ceremonial Complex Stickball Three Sisters agriculture Thunderbird Underwater panther

Related Genetic history Portal of Indigenous peoples of North America Pre-Columbian era

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Maryland

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Category:National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Portal:National Register of Historic Places

Native Americans in Maryland

Historic and present tribes	Accokeek Assateague Chaptico Choptank Doeg Lumbee Matapeake Mattawoman Nacotchtank Nanticoke Ozinie Patuxent Piscataway Indian Nation Piscataway Pocomoke Potapoco Powhatan Shawnee Susquehannock Tockwogh Tuscarora Yaocomico We-Sorts

Historical languages	Nanticoke language Piscataway language Powhatan language Susquehannock language Unami language

Present territories	Tayac Territory

Historic figures	Mary Kittamaquund Turkey Tayac Indian Will

Historic communities	Accokeek Creek Site Baltimore Caiuctucuc Nottingham Shawnee Old Fields Village Site

Prehistoric peoples	Monongahela

Prehistoric communities	Aisquith Farm E Archeological Site Arundel Cove Archaeological Site Barton Village Site Beck Northeast Site Biggs Ford Site Brinsfield I Site Buckingham Archeological Site Bumpstead Archeological Site Elkridge Site Grear Prehistoric Village Site Heath Farm Camp Archeological Site Heath Farm Jasper Quarry Archeological Site Hoye Site Iron Hill Cut Jasper Quarry Archeological Site Katcef Archeological Site Martins Pond Site McCandless Archeological Site Meyer Site Monocacy Site Nolands Ferry I Archeological Site Paw Paw Cove Site Sandy Point Site Shoemaker III Village Site Walker Prehistoric Village Archeological Site Willin Village Archeological Site

Other prehistoric places	Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries Magothy Quartzite Quarry Archeological Site National Archives Archeological Site Old Colony Cove Site

Institutions	Baltimore American Indian Center

Other topics	Native American place names in Maryland Nemacolin's Path

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