Poverty Flat Site is a prehistoric village site in Morgan Hill, California, located in Henry W. Coe State Park.
[1] Poverty Flat Site was officially recognized and listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 23, 1972.
Comprising a significant deposit of dark gray ashy debris, it contains numerous fire-fractured rocks, human bone, as well as chips and flakes of obsidian mixed with chert.
Situated near ample water sources and abundant food reserves at the canyon's base, it suggests the site served as a semi-permanent Costanoan Native American village.
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