The Upper Ridge Site is an archeological site on Mockhorn Island, a barrier island off the coast of the Eastern Shore of Virginia in Northampton County. The site documents over 10,000 years of human occupation from Paleo-Indian through Middle Woodland periods (9500 B.C. to A.D. 900).[2]
Upper Ridge Site | |
| Nearest city | Mockhorn Island, Virginia |
|---|---|
| Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 05000914[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 23, 2005 |
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Biennial Report on Stewardship of State-Owned Historic Properties, 2007" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved March 1, 2014.