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Earth-covered village site with a fortification ditch, interpreted by walking-tour signs near Bismarck.
171st Street Northeast, Menoken, ND 58558 · Menoken, ND
This state historic site preserves the remains of a small village of roughly 30 oval, earth-covered houses. Archaeologists now date the settlement to around AD 1200 and link it to Late Plains Woodland peoples, earlier than the historic Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara villages. Its defenses include a palisade line, a deep ditch, and four projecting bastions. The site was named a National Historic Landmark in 1964. Interpretive signs guide visitors through the village.
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