{"nrhp_refnum":"98000042","name":"Fort Meigs Aboriginal-33WO08-33WO445","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"1.3 mi. SW of Perrysburg","address_restricted":false,"city":"Perrysburg","county":"Wood County","state":"OH","lat":41.552414053000035,"lon":-83.6518982360655,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-02-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Prehistoric"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 15-acre late prehistoric Native American village site on a bluff above the Maumee River in Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio, lying within the grounds of Fort Meigs State Memorial and occupied about A.D. 1450-1550.","why_significant":"It is the type site for the Fort Meigs Phase of the Sandusky Tradition, where evidence of large, permanent, agricultural villages from A.D. 1450-1550 was first recognized and is best represented. The site retains midden, ossuaries, a post mold structure and other features that can answer research questions about prehistoric farming, settlement, economy, health and industry in the western Lake Erie basin.","narrative":"Fort Meigs Aboriginal is a late prehistoric village site of about 15 acres on a bluff overlooking the Maumee River at the last rapids before Maumee Bay, in Perrysburg, Ohio. It lies within the state memorial that contains the reconstructed War of 1812 Fort Meigs. The village dates to the Fort Meigs Phase, A.D. 1450-1550, of the Sandusky Tradition, and this site is the type site for that phase. Excavations since 1966 have documented a rich black midden, at least two ossuaries, a circular post mold pattern from a house, pits, hearths and a possible defensive ditch. Remains show residents grew maize and relied on deer, raccoon and fish, especially walleye, and made bone tools, shell ornaments, shell-tempered pottery and chipped stone tools. Construction and demolition of two forts, grading and farming disturbed much of the area, yet the site still holds materials and features that can answer research questions about agriculture, settlement and daily life in the region before European contact.","period_of_significance":"A.D. 1450-1550","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["D"],"status_note":"Part of Fort Meigs State Memorial, a state park with outdoor recreation use; the site was heavily disturbed by fort construction, reconstruction, roads and farming but retains integrity.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.879479-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/98000042.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992009","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/wood-county/fort-meigs-aboriginal-33wo08-33wo445-98000042/"}