Client:
Cranberry Township
Project:
Cranberry Township Development Site
Location:
Cranberry Township, Butler County
Our Role:
Phase I and II Archaeology; Exhibit
CDC found nine archaeological sites dating from 1000 B.C. to A.D. 95 on the rim of an ancient cranberry bog in Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania. More than 3,400 artifacts were found. The sites date to the Early and Middle Woodland periods and provide a continuum for these cultures in the Brush and Pine Creek watersheds. Native Americans occupying these sites were influenced by complex interregional trade systems known as the Adena and Hopewell Interaction Spheres centered in Ohio.
Additional Interest: Cranberry Township and the Cranberry Historical Society funded an educational exhibit of the archaeological artifacts. In the future, an interpretive sign project will be developed.
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