Near State Highway 1806 near 11th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
More than 120 pounds of bones were found among the trash in two cache pits excavated in 1999
Bison Bones
Bones from a least six bison were recovered. Bison was the game animal of choice for Plains Village people. Virtually every part of . . . — — Map (db m285972) HM
Near North Dakota Route 1806 0.6 miles north of County Road 136, on the right when traveling north.
Archaeological excavations have occurred at Huff village in 1938-1939, 1959, 1960, and 1999. In all but the most recent work, focus has been on uncovering houses at Huff Village and understanding details of prehistoric architecture. The floors of l1 . . . — — Map (db m164393) HM
Near U.S. 1806 near 11th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Archaeological excavations have occurred at Huff Village in 1938-1939, 1959, 1960, and 1999. In all but the most recent work, focus has been on uncovering houses at Huff Village and understanding details of prehistoric architecture. The floors of 11 . . . — — Map (db m286022) HM
Near State Highway 1806 near 11th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
You are standing above one of a estimated 1,700 storage, or cache, pits in the village. A cache pit was a bell-shaped, underground chamber used primarily to store garden produce such as dried corn, beans, and squash. Farming produced a large surplus . . . — — Map (db m285967) HM
Near State Highway 1806 near 11th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
All the houses at Huff Village were rectangular, except for one. The houses were constructed in shallow pits dug about one or two feet below the ground surface. These houses had gabled roofs, supported by three or more main posts placed along the . . . — — Map (db m286021) HM
Only recently have we been able to accurately determine the age of Huff Village. Archeological deposits and the settlement layout suggests that the village was probably inhabited for only 20 years or so. Fourteen radiocarbon dates and several . . . — — Map (db m154336) HM
Huff Indian Village State Historic Site is a classic prehistoric Mandan settlement dating to about AD 1450, perhaps two hundred years before Euroamerican influence reached the Missouri Valley area. The village is a very large, well-planned community . . . — — Map (db m154135) HM
Huff Indian Village is a classic prehistoric Mandan settlement dating to about AD 1450, perhaps 200 years before Euroamerican influence reached the Missouri Valley area. The village is a large, well-planned community where 1,000 or more people once . . . — — Map (db m285926) HM
Near State Highway 1806 near 11th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Archaeologist refer to the long, shallow depression just in front and to the right of you as House 19. It is what remains of a house after it collapsed many years after being abandoned. House 19 and the nearby area have been the focus of several . . . — — Map (db m286019) HM
Near State Highway 1806 near 11th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Mandan villages had a central plaza where they held dances and other events. Mandans held ceremonies in a community structure or ceremonial lodge opening onto the plaza. Historically, a prominent male in the appropriate clan was designated as keeper . . . — — Map (db m285925) HM
Near State Highway 1806 near 11th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Remote sensing is the term applied to any method designed to reveal or examine, from a distance, features on or beneath the ground surface. Aerial photography is a form of remote sensing, In 1999, two other sophisticated remote sensing techniques . . . — — Map (db m286017) HM
In front of you is part of the fortification system that once surrounded this village. The fortification system at Huff Village is a classic example of civil defense and community preparation for conflict. Inter-village conflict may have been . . . — — Map (db m154306) HM
Near State Highway 1806 near 11th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
In front of you is part of the fortification system that once surrounded this village. This is a classic example of civil defense and community preparation for conflict. Inter-village conflict may have been heightened by drought, climatic change, or . . . — — Map (db m285928) HM
