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DESCRIPTION:
THE LITTLE DEER ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE CONTAINS MATERIALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WHEELER COMPLEX PRESENT IN THE AREA BETWEEN 1600 AND 1750 A.D. THERE IS SOME EVIDENCE OF AN EARLIER OCCUPATION (900 TO 1400 A.D.)BY AN UNIDENTIFIED GROUP OF ABORIGINAL PEOPLE. THIS IS A KEY SITE TO UNDERSTANDING THE BRIEF BUT DYNAMIC PERIOD OF CULTURE CHANGE AFTER EUROPEAN CONTACT AND BEFORE MASSIVE DETERIORATION OF THE ABORIGINAL CULTURE SYSTEM. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 11/27/1978.
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