August 4, 2011

Monacan Village at Natural Bridge

Monacan Indian Exhibit

Natural Bridge has a number of tourist attractions. One of the most authentic features is the Monacan Village, modeled after Native American settlements of the region.

You can click on the sign to see a large version. Here's how it starts:

Monacan Village
Circa 1700
The Monacan Indian Nation and Natural Bridge invite you to witness, in a living history environment, glimpses of what life would have been like in a small Monacan Village 300 years ago along the banks of Cedar Creek.


This is a project of reconstructive archaeology. (Reconstructing a Monacan village according to archaeological record of the southwestern and Piedmont regions of Virginia.)


The Monacan Indians are a Siouan speaking people, who migrated to this region over 1500 years ago from the northwest.




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3 comments:

  1. That must have been great to visit!
    I've been to a Norman one here in the UK and it was eye-opening to see how they lived!

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