Skiffes Creek Sand Spit Site Explained

Skiffes Creek Sand Spit Site
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 16, 1982[1]
Designated Other1 Number:121-0041
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Address Restricted, Newport News, Virginia
Added:February 24, 1983
Refnum:83003295

Skiffes Creek Sand Spit Site is a historic archaeological site located at Newport News, Virginia. It is a well-preserved, possibly stratified archaeological site containing evidence of prehistoric habitation dating to the Early and Middle Woodland eras. The site is invaluable to documenting settlement patterning and environmental and cultural adaptation in Tidewater Virginia during the period 500 B.C. to A.D. 500.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013.
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=64000884}} Oakland Farm Industrial Park MRA ]. Clarence R. Geier and Staff. April 1982. National Park Service.