Thompson site

{{Short description|Archaeological site in Kentucky, US}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox ancient site | name = Thompson Site | alternate_name = | image = | image_size = 250px | alt = | caption = | map = | map_type = USA Kentucky | map_alt = | map_caption = Approximate location within Kentucky today | map_size = | relief = | coordinates = {{coord|38|43|25.39|N|83|1|8.72|W|display=inline}} | map_dot_label = | location = [[South Portsmouth, Kentucky]], [[Greenup County, Kentucky]], {{flag|USA}} | region = [[Greenup County, Kentucky]] | built = 1100 CE | abandoned = 1200 CE | epochs = Croghan Phase | cultures = [[Fort Ancient culture]] | event = | excavations = | archaeologists =

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| designation1 = | designation1_offname = | designation1_type = | designation1_criteria = | designation1_date = | delisted1_date = | designation1_partof = | designation1_number = | designation1_free1name = | designation1_free1value = | designation1_free2name = | designation1_free2value = | designation1_free3name = | designation1_free3value = | designation2 = | designation2_offname = | designation2_type = | designation2_criteria = | designation2_date = | delisted2_date = | designation2_partof = | designation2_number = | designation2_free1name = | designation2_free1value = | designation2_free2name = | designation2_free2value = | designation2_free3name = | designation2_free3value = }} The '''Thompson Site''' is a [[Fort Ancient culture]] [[archaeological site]] located near [[South Portsmouth, Kentucky|South Portsmouth]] in [[Greenup County, Kentucky]], US, next to the [[Ohio River]] across from the mouth of the [[Scioto River]].

The Site was occupied during the Croghan Phase (1100 to 1200) of the local chronology and was a contemporary of Baum Phase sites in the Scioto River valley.<ref name=SHARP1996>{{ Cite book| title=Kentucky Archaeology| chapter= Chapter 6:Fort Ancient Farmers| last=Sharp| first=William E.| editor=Lewis, R. Barry| chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=rCypMcuai1oC&dq=thompson+site+fort+ancient&pg=PA164 | publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=0-8131-1907-3|year=1996|pages=162–166}}</ref>

==See also== * [[Hardin Village Site]] * [[Bentley Site]] * [[Hansen Site]] * [[Ronald Watson Gravel Site]] * [[Cleek-McCabe Site]]

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[[Category:Fort Ancient culture]] [[Category:Native American archaeological sites in Kentucky]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Greenup County, Kentucky]]