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Sandy Neck Cultural Resources District

Sandy Neck Cultural Resources District is a historic district in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Sandy Neck is a long spit of land extending east–west on the northern shore of the lower portion of Cape Cod, sheltering Barnstable Harbor. This area has a fairly lengthy history of human occupation, including archaeological prehistoric and colonial historic resources. Archaeological research in the 1960s identified shell middens dating from the pre-contact Woodland Period.

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Sandy Neck Cultural Resources District
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LocationBarnstable, Massachusetts
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne
MPSBarnstable MRA
NRHP reference No.870003051
Added to NRHPNovember 10, 1987

Sandy Neck Cultural Resources District is a historic district in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Sandy Neck is a long spit of land extending east–west on the northern shore of the lower portion of Cape Cod, sheltering Barnstable Harbor. This area has a fairly lengthy history of human occupation, including archaeological prehistoric and colonial historic resources. Archaeological research in the 1960s identified shell middens dating from the pre-contact Woodland Period.2

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.1

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  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "Current Research". American Antiquity. 31 (4): 601. April 1966. JSTOR 2694414.