Washington Boro Archaeological Sites - Washington Boro, PA
N 39° 59.454 W 076° 28.160
18S E 374559 N 4427781
One of the more recent official markers to be erected to mark an ancient archeological site along the banks of the Susquehanna River.
Waymark Code: WMC7G0
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/04/2011
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The Susquehanna was the main means of transportaion for the various Native-American tribes that lived in the area. This marker is right along the side of the road and to visit it you will have to pull off on a small gravel shoulder or a side street. The sign is still brand new and it is located east side of the road or the right side of the road while traveling north toward the Columbia-Wrightsville NRHP bridge. The text of the marker reads:
This area contains one of the highest concentrations of archaeological sites in Pennsylvania. The sites range from small camps to large villages and cover 11,000 years of Native American culture. the largest villages were built by the Susquehannocks who controlled the fur trade in the region until 1675 when they were overcome by warfare and disease. Archaeology here has shaped our understanding of Native American lifeways.