Winegardner Village

	Winegardner Village
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Distant view of the site, located among the trees beyond the cornfield
Location	On a bluff above Little Rush Creek, east of the junction of Gun Barrel and Miller Siding Rds.
Nearest city	Rushville, Ohio
Coordinates	39°47′55″N 82°26′21″W / 39.79861°N 82.43917°W
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
NRHP reference No.	74001482
Added to NRHP	July 30, 1974

The Winegardner Village (also known as the "Swinehart Village Site") is an archaeological site near Rushville in Fairfield County, Ohio, United States.^[1]

Located on a flat two-part bluff, the site was formerly used as pasture until the middle of the 20th century, when it came under cultivation. The resulting plowing brought up enough artifacts to warrant further investigation of the site, and in 1954, archaeologists conducted a test excavation. Among the artifacts discovered during this process were pottery, bones, and stone chips.^[3]

Archaeologists believe that the Winegardner Village was once occupied by a Middle or Late Woodland people. It is one of several Woodland period villages in the area, and its position atop a bluff overlooking Little Rush Creek gives it a defensive advantage that has often been cited in archaeological analysis of the site. Artifacts such as broken pottery and fire-burned stones have been seen as evidence that the site was occupied by a dense population.^[2]^: 67

In recognition of the site's archaeological significance, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The landmarked area encompasses an area of approximately 5 acres (2.0 ha).^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b Burks, Jarrod D. Identifying Household Cluster and Refuse Disposal Patterns at the Strait Site: a Third Century A. D. Nucleated Settlement in the Middle Ohio Valley. Diss. Ohio State University, 2004, 67. Accessed 2010-04-10.
^ Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 408.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[burks-2] Burks, Jarrod D. Identifying Household Cluster and Refuse Disposal Patterns at the Strait Site: a Third Century A. D. Nucleated Settlement in the Middle Ohio Valley. Diss. Ohio State University, 2004, 67. Accessed 2010-04-10.

[3] Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 408.

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