Bentley site
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The Bentley site (15Gp15) is a Late Fort Ancient culture Madisonville horizon (post 1400 CE) archaeological site overlain by an 18th-century Shawnee village; it is located within the Lower Shawneetown Archeological District, near South Portsmouth in Greenup County, Kentucky and Lewis County, Kentucky.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 28, 1983.[1] It is located near four groups of Hopewell tradition mounds, built between 100 BCE and 500 CE, known as the Portsmouth Earthworks.
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Location | South Portsmouth, Kentucky, Greenup County, Kentucky, USA |
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Region | Greenup County, Kentucky |
Coordinates | 38°43′17.76″N 83°1′22.98″W |
History | |
Founded | Ca. 1400 |
Abandoned | 1625 |
Periods | Madisonville horizon, protohistoric |
Cultures | Fort Ancient culture |
Architecture | |
Architectural details | Number of monuments: |
Bentley site | |
NRHP reference No. | 83002784[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 28, 1983 |
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