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Fort Massapeag Archeological Site

New York, US

Fort Massapeag Archeological Site

Fort Massapeag Archeological Site is a historic archaeological site at Sunset Park in Massapequa, New York. It is believed to be the site of a New Netherland trading post built in the mid-17th century to facilitate trade with local Native Americans, and possibly serve as a wampum factory. It was fir

st excavated in the 1930s by a team including Ralph Solecki. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993.

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