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Pantigo

Pantigo names a locality between East Hampton village and Amagansett. The place is also associated with Pantigo Hill, where a seventeenth-century Montaukett cemetery was documented in the early twentieth century. East Hampton locality, Pantigo Hill landscape, Montaukett cemetery context, and later linguistic correction are brought together here. Town and archaeological details appear in the historic moments below. Recorded forms include Pantigo and Pantego. The history preserved here also records a correction to an older English-phrase explanation: later linguistic review interpreted Pantigo as an Algonquian name connected with a tidal inlet or a view of a tidal inlet. Why Place Names Matter “Local place names, often neglected in formal cartography, preserve cultural memory and linguistic identity while facilitating cross-cultural understanding.” — Saltanat E....