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Memorial Park Site 36Cn164
The Memorial Park Site (designated Smithsonian trinomial, 36CN164) is an archaeological site located near the confluence of Bald Eagle Creek (West Branch Susquehanna River), Bald Eagle Creek and the West Branch Susquehanna River in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, Lock Haven in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Research projects conducted at the site since 1979 have found prehistoric cultural deposits that collectively span 8,000 years. Stratification (archeology), Stratified in age-related sequence, the deposits represent every major prehistoric period from the Archaic period in the Americas, Middle Archaic to the Late Woodland period, Late Woodland. The site's dominant component holds the remains of an early Late Woodland (500–1000 Common Era, CE) village inhabited by people of the Clemson Island culture. The convergent streams and their two valleys made the site readily accessible to Pre-Columbian era, pre-Columbian people living in both drainage basins. Among the components ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
Lock Haven is the county seat of Clinton County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Located near the confluence of the West Branch Susquehanna River and Bald Eagle Creek, it is the principal city of the Lock Haven Micropolitan Statistical Area, itself part of the Williamsport–Lock Haven combined statistical area. At the 2010 census, Lock Haven's population was 9,772. Built on a site long favored by pre-Columbian peoples, Lock Haven began in 1833 as a timber town and a haven for loggers, boatmen, and other travelers on the river or the West Branch Canal. Resource extraction and efficient transportation financed much of the city's growth through the end of the 19th century. In the 20th century, a light-aircraft factory, a college, and a paper mill, along with many smaller enterprises, drove the economy. Frequent floods, especially in 1972, damaged local industry and led to a high rate of unemployment in the 1980s. The city has three sites on the National Register o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
