Gills Farm Archeological District

Gills Farm Archeological District is a historic district in Randolph, Massachusetts. The district, located in a riverine environment, encompasses a collection of prehistoric archaeological sites dating from the Middle Archaic to the Woodland period. Middle Archaic components include evidence of Neville and Stark projectile points.[2] The quantities of Late Archaic materials found in the area suggest a period of intensive occupation and use. These sites were used as tool workshops, where stone from nearby quarry sites was processed into finished objects, typically bifacial tool blades.[3]

Gills Farm Archeological District
LocationRandolph, Massachusetts
NRHP reference No.83004093 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 24, 1983

Archaeologist Frederick Carty donated nearly 6,000 artifacts from Gills Farm sites to the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1995.[4]

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "Archaeological Overview and Assessment, Bunker Hill Monument" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  3. "Middle Archaic Settlement in the Cochato-Monatiquot River Drainage: The Gill Farm Sites, Randolph, Massachusetts" (PDF). Bridgewater State University. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  4. "2014 Annual Report" (PDF). Robert S. Peabody Museum. Retrieved September 10, 2015.


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