NRHP Reference # 83003295 Designated VLR September 16, 1982 Added to NRHP 24 February 1983 | VLR # 121-0041 Area 400 m² | |
Location Address Restricted, Newport News, Virginia MPS Oakland Farm Industrial Park MRA | ||
Skiffes Creek Sand Spit Site is a historic archaeological site located at Newport News, Virginia. It is a well-preserved, possibly stratified archaeological site containing evidence of prehistoric habitation dating to the Early and Middle Woodland eras. The site is invaluable to documenting settlement patterning and environmental and cultural adaptation in Tidewater Virginia during the period 500 B.C. to A.D. 500.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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