Fort Corchaug Archeological Site

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caption = Fort Corchaug Vicinity
location = Cutchogue, Town of Southold, NY
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designated = January 20, 1999 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-95678437&ResourceType=Site
title=Fort Corchaug Archaelogical Site|date=2007-09-11|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = January 18, 1974 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
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Fort Corchaug Archeological Site is an archaeological site showing evidence of 1600's contact between Native Americans and Europeans. Fort Corchaug itself was a log fort built by Native Americans. It may have been to protect the Corchaug tribe from other Indians, built with the help of Europeans [ [http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs212a,0,5584827.story Newsday.com Article on Site] ] . Ralph Solecki, a prominent American archaeologist, grew up nearby and conducted several digs on site. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE7DA1039F937A3575AC0A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all NY Times article] ]

It remains today one of the few undisturbed Indian Fort archaeological sites in the North East. [ [http://southoldtown.northfork.net/Fort%20Corchaug%20History.htm Fort Corchaug History] ] and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1999..

References

cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs212a,0,5584827.story
title="The Promise of Corchaug: Archaeologists hope a buried fort will reveal new secrets of Inidan Civilization" by Steve Wick|date=Undated, downloaded 9/2007|work=|publisher=Newsday]