Wadsworth Fort Site

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Wadsworth Fort Site
Nearest cityGeneseo, New York
Area15 acres (6.1 ha)
NRHP reference No.75001194[1]
Added to NRHPJune 11, 1975

Wadsworth Fort Site, also known as Brimmer's Sweet or Brier Farm Site, is an archaeological site in Geneseo in Livingston County, New York. In 1956, human remains representing a minimum of one individual were removed from the surface of the Wadsworth Fort Site by the Rochester Museum and Science Center. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on archeological context, this individual has been identified as Native American. Based on site location and continuities of material culture as represented in other collections from the site, the Wadsworth Fort Site has been identified as Iroquois (Seneca), dated to 1540–1560.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ National Park Service, Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY (FR Doc E8-15908[Federal Register: July 14, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 135))