Smith Pagerie Site Explained

Smith Pagerie Site
Nearest City:Ephratah, New York
Added:April 22, 1980
Refnum:80002615

Smith Pagerie Site, also known as Las. 11–4, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Unique Site No. A035-04-0002, is an archaeological site located at Ephratah in Fulton County, New York, US. It is one of three Mohawk Indian village sites excavated by the archaeologist Robert E. Funk in 1969–1970.[1]

The site is dated from 1560 to 1580. It occupies 4acres just east of Caroga Creek, contains the remains of twelve to fifteen longhouses, and was probably surrounded by a palisade. Its population is estimated to have been around 1350.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Funk, Robert E. and Robert D. Kuhn. Three Sixteenth-Century Mohawk Iroquois Village Sites. book. New York State Museum, Albany NY. Museum Bulletin 503. 2003. 482pp. 1-55557-147-6.
  2. Book: Snow. Dean. Mohawk Valley Archaeology: The Sites. 1995. Matson Museum of Archaeology, Penn State University. 0-9647913-0-7. May 2, 2016.