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Ellerbusch site

Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in IndianaGeography of Warrick County, IndianaMississippian cultureNational Register of Historic Places in Warrick County, IndianaNative American history of Indiana
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Ellerbusch Site near Newburgh
Ellerbusch Site near Newburgh

The Ellerbusch site (12-W-56) is a small but significant archaeological site in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Indiana. Unlike many sites created by people of the same culture, it occupies an upland site near a major river floodplain. Its existence appears to have been the result of the coincidence of periods of peace and growth in the related Angel site, which led some townspeople to leave their homes for new villages that were more convenient for resource gathering. Researched partly because of its small size, Ellerbusch has produced information that greatly increases present awareness of other small sites and of its culture's overall patterns of settlement in the region. Because of its archaeological value, the site was declared a historic site in the late twentieth century.

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Ellerbusch site
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