Thousands of artifacts have been recovered in Dayton after an archaeological investigation of a former Native American settlement.
Last month, the city of Dayton concluded an archaeological investigation on the historic Lichliter Village – a former Native American settlement – to assess if the surrounding area is suitable for future development. This yielded artifacts that will now be in the care the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery.
The property that was investigated is 126 acres. Just above Wolf Creek, Lichliter Village was first discovered in 1953, with a few archaeological excavations occurring on the site in the following two decades. The site’s been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973.
It’s believed to have been established in the year 680 by an Indigenous population in Ohio during the Woodland period. Relics of this time are hard to find today…