The Archeological Site No. 44JC308 is a historic

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located near

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. The site encompasses a

Paspahegh The Paspahegh tribe was a Native American tributary to the Powhatan paramount chiefdom, incorporated into the chiefdom around 1596 or 1597. The Paspahegh Indian tribe lived in present-day Charles City and James City counties, Virginia. The Po ...

Native American Village (44JC308) that is currently occupied by the Two Rivers Country Club 18th fairway and green. Archeological findings suggest that the Paspahegh village was established sometime after 1500 AD and occupied during the period of sustained contact between Europeans and native peoples following the establishment of the English settlement at Jamestown in 1607. First identified in 1983 by surveyors from the

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, it is one of only a few archeological sites in the state that date to the Early Contact Period. It is located above the English fort at Jamestown. The James River Institute for Archeology (JRIA) conducted collections from a site when it was threatened with development. More concentrated work was done in an area of . The site has remains of houses, mortuary structures, kings houses, and other elements of the village, including ceramics and copper items."Paspahegh Archaeology: Data Recovery Investigations of Site 44JC308 at the Governor's Land at Two Rivers, James City County, Virginia," ed. Mary Ellen Hodges and Charles Hodges, JRIA, 1994 It was listed on the

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in 1993.

References

Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in James City County, Virginia {{JamesCityCountyVA-NRHP-stub