Yankeetown site

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Middle Mississippian cultureNational Register of Historic Places in Warrick County, IndianaOhio RiverUse mdy dates from August 2023Woodland period

The Yankeetown site (12W1: 12 ) is a substantial archaeological site along the Ohio River in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Indiana. Inhabited during the prehistoric Woodland period, the site has yielded important information about Woodland-era peoples in the region, but it has been damaged by substantial erosion. Despite the damage, it has been a historic site for more than thirty years.

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