NPS Form 10-900 0MB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM 44JC308 Jam.as city county, Virginia =======================~-====:-===========================~=--------------- 1. Name of Property ============;;=:~==========================================-~-----~------ historic name --------------------------,-------N/A 0th er names/site number 44JC308 Paspaheah Settlement Site ======:!::!!!-. -------' . J. state/Federal Agency Certification ---===-------===----========================--===========~==-======--====== As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1986, as amended, I hereby certify that this _! nomination request for determination of eligibility meets the ~cumentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property X meets does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant X natioi:ially __ statewide __ locally. ( See continuation sheet for addit1 al comments.) l. m. of certifying official Viriinia Department of Historic Resources State or Federal agency and bureau USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form 44JC308 James city county, Virginia Page 3 Number of Resources within Property Contributing Noncontributing 0 _o_ buildings --1 0 sites -0- -0- structures -0_ --0 objects ---1- -o-· Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register N/A Name of related multiple property listing (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) N/A ========================================================---===-------===--- 6. Function or Use =======================================================-------------------- Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) cat: DOMESTIC Sub: camp DOMESTIC village site DOMESTIC single dwelling DOMESTIC secondary structure AGRICULTURAL/SUBSISTENCE agricultural outbuilding Current Functions (Enter categories from instructionsJ cat: WORK IN PROGRESS RECREATION AND CULTURE outdoor recreation OTHER fallow agricultural field USDI/NPS NRBP Registration Form 44JC308 James City county, Virginia Page 4 ======================~====================================~=====----====== 7. Description ===~========-==================~=====================================~===== Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) NJ.A_ Materials (Enter categories from instructions) foundation NIA roof NIA- walls NJ.A= other Ni.A_ Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) =~============================-~==================================---====== a. Statement of Significance ==-============--================================-==~========~========:~===== Applicable National Register criteria (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing) Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. · C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. -1L D Property has yielded, or .is likely to yield information important in prehistory or history. USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form 44JC308 James City county, Virginia Page s · criteria considerations (Mark "X" in all the boxes that apply.) A owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes. B removed from its original location~ C a birthplace or a grave. D a cemetery. E a reconstructed building, object,or structure. F a commemorative property. G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) ARCHEOLOGY: PREHISTORIC ARCHEOLOGY: HISTORIC--ABORIGINAL ARCHEOLOGY: HISTORIC--NON-ABORIGINAL Period of Significance 500 B.c. - A.O. 1800 Significant Dates N/A Significant Person (Complete if Criterion Bis marked above) N/A Cultural Affiliation Late Woodland/Early Contact period Middle Woodland period Historic period Architect/Builder NIA USDI/NPS NRBP Registration Form 44JC308 James City county, Virginia Page 6 Narrative statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) =================-~===-============--===-===~====~=====================--== 9. Major Bibliographical References ====~~========:==:====~====================-~-~===========~=========;=========:==~=~= (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NFS) preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested. previously listed in the National Register previously determined eligible by the National Register designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # recorded by Historic American Engineering Record# Primary Location of Additional Data state Historic Preservation Office Other State agency Federal agency Local government University ....x_ Other Name of repository: James River Institute for Archaeology. Inc. 2080 Jamestown Rd .• Williamsburg. VA 23185 ·---------~ ····- - ~~ .. ... -..._------------. ------ ---------------.--..------ USDI/NPS NRBP Registration Form 44JC308 James City county, Virginia Page 7 ==========~===== ·========================================================== 11. Form Prepared By ===============~================================~===========-~===--==---=== name/title Mary Ellen N. Hodges/Archaeologist organization James River Institute for Archaeology date December 1992 street & number 2080 Jamestown Road telephone (804} 229-9854 city or town Williamsburg state VA zip code 23185 ==---==============~==========~==~= ·============~========================== Property Owner ===========================~=======================================;======= (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) name street & number telephone city or to{ .lliamsburg state VA zip code ---·--------- NPS Form 10-900-a 0MB No. 1024-0818 (8-86) united State Department of the Interior National Park service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET 7 Section Page 1 44JC308 --- James city county, Virginia In addition to the Chickahominy River, a variety of other wetland settings are located in close proximity to site 44JC30S. Freshwater cypress swamps lie along the base of the second terrace on its northwest and ······-·------·-------------··--···· .. ·-···-----·· NPS Form 10-900-a 0MB No. 1024-0818 (8-86) united state Department of the Interior National Park service NATIONAL REGZSTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET section 7 Page 2 44JC308 James city county, Virginia northeast sides. Brackish water marsh lines the larger creek which enters Mattapamient Bay northeast of the site. Until recently, site 44JC308 encompassed a total of 31.1 acres consisting of old agricultural fields bordered on the northwestern, northern, and eastern sides by narrow woodlands. Most of the property had been plowed and planted in crops for many years, but the fields were left fallow beginning in the mid-1980s as plans for residential and recreational development of the In early 1992, in anticipation of potential impacts to the site from construction • of a golf course, a golf course club house, and additional recreational, residential, and support facilities, an archaeological treatment plan was formulated for the property. Portions of the site were subsequently disturbed by earth-moving activities. From late January through early April 1992, archaeological data recovery operations were carried out within a 2.75-acre section of the property was then significantly relandscaped for construction of the fairway and green of golf hole 18 and shoreline stabilization. In the southern section of the property , plowzone deposits were removed from lands lying below the 10 1 AMSL topographic contour for use as fill dirt elsewhere. A small area along the eastern edge of the property had previously been disturbed by construction of the tee for golf hole 1. Significa~t archaeological deposits still survive intact within a total of 20. 9 contiguous acres at site 44JC308 which comprise the nominated property. Included within this area is a 3.8-acre section where, under the terms of the archaeological treatment plan, archaeological deposits will be protected from future disturbance by an historic easement. In March 1992, the surface of the old plowzone within the easement zone was covered by a layer of filter fabric and approximately 2 1 of fill soil. Impacts within the easement zone, such as a golf cart path which currently crosses it, are prohibited from penetrating below the filter fabric. Adjoining of the easement zone is a second section of the consistin of 0.2 associated with two longhouse patterns survive intact below fill to create the rough of the golf hole. NPS Form 10-900-a 0MB No. 1024-0818 (8-86) united state Department of the Interior National Park service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET section 7 Page 3 44JC308 James city county,