High Butte Effigy and Village Site


High Butte Effigy and Village Site (32ME13)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Riverdale, North Dakota
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
NRHP Reference #	78001991^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 22, 1978

The High Butte Effigy and Village Site (32ME13) is an ancient Native American ceremonial site near the Garrison Dam and Riverdale, North Dakota.^[1]^[2] The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1] It is located atop a butte and includes a "turf cut turtle effigy." Items recovered from the site include 14 points, 24 body sherds, five rim sherds, and a grooved paddle.^[3]

The property is protected by the State Historical Society of North Dakota and is known as Turtle Effigy State Historic Site.

References

1 2 3 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "A North Dakota summer: From wagon train to winery". The Bismarck Tribune. May 26, 2007.
↑ Trevor Richard Peck (2010). Light from Ancient Campfires: Archaeological Evidence for Native Lifeways. Athabasca University Press. pp. 327–328. ISBN 1897425961.

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