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Washington Boro Archaeological Sites

Washington Boro Archaeological Sites is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Washington Boro, Lancaster County, dedicated 2007.

Intersection of Rts. 999 & 441, at community park, Washington Boro

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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.

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John Carter Brown Library, Brown University

Historical maps covering this location

1670 · Virginia and Maryland As it is planted and Inhabited this present Year 1670 ... (John Carter Brown Library, Brown University)
1708 · Carte Particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1825 · Map Of Pennsylvania And New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1848 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Lancaster, County, PA, map 1 (Penn State University Libraries)

Carte Particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie, 1708, covering the location of Washington Boro Archaeological Sites, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Carte Particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie, 1708, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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