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Laulau Kattan Latte Site

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Laulau Kattan Latte Site
Laulau Kattan Latte Site is located in Northern Mariana Islands
Laulau Kattan Latte Site
Laulau Kattan Latte Site
Nearest cityNorth Laolao Beach, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Arealess than one acre
Built1670 (1670)
Architectural styleLatte sets
NRHP reference No.00001212[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 30, 2000

The Laulau Kattan Latte Site is a prehistoric archaeological site on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. Located near the shore of Laulau Bay, it is a small village site containing the remains of four latte stone house foundations, and an extensive scattering of pottery artifacts. When first reported by the pioneering archaeologist Alexander Spoehr in the 1940s, the latte stones were described as mostly fallen over and extremely weathered.[2]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Spoehr, Alexander (June 24, 1957). "MARIANAS PREHISTORY: Archaeological Survey and Excavations On Saipan, Tinian and Rota". Fieldiana. 48. JSTOR 29782367.