| Ingles Bottom Archeological Sites | |
| Nrhp Type: | hd |
| Nocat: | yes |
| Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
| Designated Other1 Date: | June 15, 1976[1] |
| Designated Other1 Number: | 126-0004 |
| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
| Nearest City: | Radford, Virginia |
| Added: | December 5, 1978[2] |
| Refnum: | 78003032 |
Ingles Bottom Archeological Sites is a set of archaeological sites, and national historic district located along the New River near Radford, Montgomery County, Virginia. The district encompasses a variety of archaeological sites relating to human occupation from 8000 B.C. to the present. It includes the site of a log cabin built about 1762, as the home of William Ingles (1729-1782) and his wife Mary Draper Ingles (1732-1815). The property also includes the site of a stable, the Ingles family cemetery, a tannery,[3] a blacksmith shop,[4] [5] and the Ingles Ferry Tavern.[6]
Excavations during 1974-1976 uncovered the remains of an unpalisaded Native American village dating to 1250–1500 CE. Approximately 100 sherds of limestone-tempered pottery and several large chert projectile points were dated to the early Late Woodland period.[7] In addition, bone tools and shellfish remains were identified, together with projectile points resembling Savannah River points, dating from ca. 3000-1500 BCE, during the Late Archaic period.[8]
Excavations of the Ingles Ferry site initiated in 1974 covered 1400 square feet and found over 30,000 artifacts from the late 18th century. The dig uncovered a tannery as well as the foundation of the one-room cabin where Mary Draper Ingles lived during her final years, which measured 14.5 feet by 16 feet.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[2]