Sassafras Site, RI-55

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| name = Sassafras Site, RI-55

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| image = Sassafras Site.JPG

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| nearest_city = Albion, Rhode Island

| locmapin = Rhode Island#USA

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| added = November 1, 1984

| refnum = 84000360 {{NRISref|2007a}}

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The Sassafras Site, designated RI-55, is a prehistoric archaeological site in Albion, a village of Lincoln, Rhode Island. The site was discovered by archaeologists while surveying an area for a potential replacement for the Albion Street bridge,{{cite web|url=http://www.cumberlandri.org/towndepts/planning/comprehensive/06.pdf|title=2003 Comprehensive Plan for Cumberland, Rhode Island: Cultural Resources Element|publisher=Town of Cumberland|accessdate=2014-08-04}} which spans the Blackstone River between Lincoln and Cumberland. The site encompasses a regionally significant quartz stone tool workshop.{{cite book|title=Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of Connecticut, Issue 46|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bu4PAQAAMAAJ&q=%22sassafras%22|date=1983}}

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.