The Buckner Site is a Middle Fort Ancient culture

Fort Ancient

Fort Ancient is a name for a Native American culture that flourished from 1000-1750 CE among a people who predominantly inhabited land along the Ohio River in areas of modern-day Southern Ohio, Northern Kentucky, Southeastern Indiana and Western West Virginia. They were a maize based agricultural...

 (1200 to 1400 CE) archaeological site

Archaeological site

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 located in Bourbon County, Kentucky

Bourbon County, Kentucky

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 on Strodes Creek. It has two large circular village areas, each surrounding its own central plaza

Plaza

Plaza is a Spanish word related to "field" which describes an open urban public space, such as a city square. All through Spanish America, the plaza mayor of each center of administration held three closely related institutions: the cathedral, the cabildo or administrative center, which might be...

 and several smaller special use areas to the north and northeast of the site. The site was excavated during the 1930s by William S. Webb as salvage archaeology operations during the Great Depression. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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on January 27, 1983.