NRHP Reference # 10000088 Designated VLR December 17, 2009 Added to NRHP 17 March 2010 | VLR # 011-5155 Area 7 ha | |
Location Address Restricted, Gala, Virginia | ||
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Gala Site is a historic archaeological site located near Gala, Botetourt County, Virginia. The site was occupied by Native Americans from circa 3000-1000 B.C. to ca. 900-1607. Archaeological resources at the site include intact remains ranging in function from mortuary to architectural to subsistence as well as community refuse. The site has the potential to provide scholars invaluable information about Native American funerary practices, settlement patterns, ethnic diversity, and other information about the people who inhabited the upper James River portion of southwestern Virginia.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
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Gala Site Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA