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United States historic place
Fox Farm site
Nearest city
Mays Lick Area 40 acres (16 ha) NRHP reference
No.
83002822
[1] Added to NRHP May 9, 1983
The Fox Farm site is a
Middle Fort Ancient culture Manion Phase (1200 to 1400 CE)
archaeological site located near
Mays Lick in
Mason County, Kentucky . The site consists of a large village complex on a ridge 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) south of the
Licking River and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the
Ohio River . The site covers 10-16 hectares and has
midden areas up to 80 centimetres (31 in) thick.
[2] It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 1983.
[1]
References
^
a
b
"National Register Information System" . National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009. Archived from
the original on August 3, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2010 .
^ Sharp, William E. (1996). "Chapter 6:Fort Ancient Farmers". In Lewis, R. Barry (ed.). Kentucky Archaeology . University Press of Kentucky. pp. 168–170.
ISBN
0-8131-1907-3 .
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