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Taft Archeological Site No. 029 5411

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NRHP Reference #
  
04000859

Designated VLR
  
June 17, 1998

Added to NRHP
  
11 August 2004

VLR #
  
029-5006

Area
  
2,800 m²

Taft Archeological Site No. 029-5411

Location
  
7301 High Point Road, Lorton, Virginia

Taft Archeological Site No. 029-5411 is a historic archaeological site located at Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia. The site includes a multi-component, stratified, upland, prehistoric and possibly proto-historic (Dogue), American Indian camp covering a 50x80-meter area and dating to between ca. 2000 B.C. (based on Savannah River point) and A.D. 1560. The site was excavated in three stages in May through August 1987. The site is located in Mason Neck State Park.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

References

Taft Archeological Site No. 029-5411 Wikipedia