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Artifacts such as chipped stones and lithic tools have been found, as well as human skeletons, indicating the presence of early human activity. Sites around the upper Narragansett Bay, including Bullocks Cove, were significant for these early inhabitants, who engaged in activities like tool-making and possibly seasonal hunting and gathering. [2 ...
These lands served as the Narragansett reservation between 1709 and 1880, when the tribe sold the land to the state and was formally detribalized. Because of this long period of Native occupation, the area is archaeologically important, containing both historic and prehistoric artifacts. [ 3 ]
Narragansett: 11: Narragansett Pier Life Saving Station: Narragansett Pier Life Saving Station: June 30, 1976 : 40 Ocean Rd. Narragansett: 12: Ocean Road Historic District: Ocean Road Historic District: August 18, 1982
The Lambert Farm Site, designated RI-269, was a prehistoric archaeological site in Warwick, Rhode Island, United States.The site consisted of a large shell midden and a dispersed collection of associated stone artifacts at an inland location, which were dated to the Late Woodland Period.
The Narragansett Runestone, also known as the Quidnessett Rock, [1] is a 2.5 t (2,500 kg) slab of metasandstone located in Rhode Island, United States. It is 5 (1.5m) feet high and 7 feet (2.1m) long. [ 2 ]
The attacking forces had scouted the Narragansett position at the western edge of the swamp, and organized an attack over and around the hill to the west. A portion of the Connecticut militia were mounted dragoons, and the battle is believed to be one of the few in the war in which such forces actually saw mounted combat.
The Narragansett Pier Casino was a large complex built in the “Shingle Style” of architecture, which, as the name implies, involved using many shingles across roofs, walls and other surfaces.
Immediately after the fighting, the Pocasset Wampanoags fled to Narragansett territory for temporary refuse from the English. [10] After the battle, the Plymouth Colony allowed the Fall River Indians who fought under Church to settle among the English colonists. [9] In 1679 and 1680, the Colony of New Plymouth bought the "Pocasset Purchase." [7]