Fort Ancient Village
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Fort Ancient Village at Augusta -
Augusta is located on the site of
a major settlement of the Fort
Ancient people, who lived here
between AD 1500 and 1650.
The village consisted of large
communal houses built around
a central plaza. Archaeologists
documented artifacts & burials
over a wide area. The village
was abandoned by 1650.
Augusta Rotary Club.
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Who were Fort Ancient People? -
Fort Ancient people lived in
the middle Ohio River Valley from
AD 1000 to 1750. They lived in
villages, grew crops (including
corn, beans and squash), hunted,
fished, made salt, and traded
goods, like marine shell, with
other villages throughout the
region. Fort Ancient people
preceded Shawnee and other tribes.
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Dedicated August 31, 2019.
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