Ingles_Bottom_Archeological_Sites

Ingles Bottom Archeological Sites

Ingles Bottom Archeological Sites

Archaeological sites in Virginia, United States

Ingles Bottom Archeological Sites is a set of archaeological sites, and national historic district located along the New River near Radford, Montgomery County, Virginia. The district encompasses a variety of archaeological sites relating to human occupation from 8000 B.C. to the present. It includes the site of a log cabin built about 1762, as the home of William Ingles (1729-1782) and his wife Mary Draper Ingles (1732-1815). The property also includes the site of a stable, the Ingles family cemetery, a tannery,[3]: 3  a blacksmith shop,[4][5]: 99–101 : 99–101  and the Ingles Ferry Tavern.[6]

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Excavations during 1974-1976 uncovered the remains of an unpalisaded Native American village dating to 1250–1500 CE. Approximately 100 sherds of limestone-tempered pottery and several large chert projectile points were dated to the early Late Woodland period.[7]: 20  In addition, bone tools and shellfish remains were identified, together with projectile points resembling Savannah River points, dating from ca. 3000-1500 BCE, during the Late Archaic period.[3]: 2–4 

Excavations of the Ingles Ferry site initiated in 1974 covered 1400 square feet and found over 30,000 artifacts from the late 18th century. The dig uncovered a tannery as well as the foundation of the one-room cabin where Mary Draper Ingles lived during her final years, which measured 14.5 feet by 16 feet.[3]: 4 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Ingles Bottom Archaeological Sites, Virginia Department of Historic Resources
  2. [2]
    "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. [3]
    Junius R. Fishburne, "Nomination form, Ingles Bottom Archaeological Sites," Virginia Department of Historic Resources, June 15, 1976
  4. [4]
    Ingles Ferry, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, June 2, 2022.
  5. [5]
    Smith, Conway Howard. Colonial Days in the Land that Became Pulaski County. Pulaski County Library Board, 1975.
  6. [6]
    Calder Loth, ed. (1999). The Virginia Landmarks Register, p. 404. ISBN 9780813918624.
  7. [7]
    C. G. Holland, "An Archeological Survey of Southwest Virginia." Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, 12:1-194. 1970
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