First identified in 1972, it is one of the largest Native encampment sites of the Middle Woodland period in the northeastern United States.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978,[1] at which time it was recognized as one of just two stratified Woodland period sites in the state.
It is possible that this site is the location of "Winoosqueak", a native settlement mentioned in early French accounts of the region.
[3] The site was first identified in 1972 by an amateur member of the Vermont Archaeological Society, and was from an early date considered at risk due to river erosion.
Surveys and investigations through the 1970s under the leadership of state archaeologists identified the bounds and scope of the site.