Garoga Site is an archaeological site located at Ephratah in Fulton County, New York. It is also known as Las-7, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Unique Site No. A035-04-0001. It is one of three Mohawk Indian village sites excavated by archaeologist Robert E. Funk in 1969–1970.[2]
Garoga Site | |
| Nearest city | Ephratah, New York |
|---|---|
| Area | 4.5 acres (1.8 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002613[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 22, 1980 |
The site, dated to the 16th century, also known as Garogo, or Castle Hill, is "perched on a hilltop overlooking Caroga Creek." It was first excavated by Samuel Frey in the 1800s. William Ritchie and Robert Funk "identified a minimum of nine longhouses within the main village area and they also confirmed the location of a short double palisade that runs across the entrance to the village site."[3] They estimated that the village might have held 700 people.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Funk, Robert E.; Kuhn, Robert D. (2003). Three Sixteenth-Century Mohawk Iroquois Village Sites (book) (Museum Bulletin 503 ed.). New York State Museum, Albany NY. pp. 482pp. ISBN 1-55557-147-6.
- ^ The Archaeological Conservancy. "Garoga (New York)". Retrieved January 26, 2016.