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Montgomery County

Site Name:

Kratz Road Bridge Site (36Mg304)

Borough, Township:

Skippack Township

Author:

Hope Luhman

Representing:

Louis Berger & Associates, Inc.

Date of Site:

Late Archaic/Early Woodland
2448-563 BC

Project Sponsor:

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Engineering District 6-0

Brief Description: Cultural resource investigations conducted in association with the replacement of a 1909 stone-arch bridge crossing in Evansburg State Park revealed a scatter of lithic reduction material. Although numerous flakes and some bifaces were recovered, the only diagnostic prehistoric artifact recovered from the site was a chert projectile point tentatively identified as a Meadowood point. The site is believed to extend north and south beyond the limits of the historic creek crossing along the eastern side of Skippack Creek.

Identification of this prehistoric site in combination with previously recorded prehistoric sites within the park and along portions of Skippack Creek, indicate that this area was repeatedly occupied by prehistoric groups during the Middle/Late Archaic, Transitional, and Early/Late Woodland periods. Fortunately, the creation of the state park has protected several of these prehistoric sites as well as numerous nineteenth and early twentieth-century farmsteads, agricultural lands, and woodlots that collectively embody the an important aspect of Pennsylvania’s early history.

Montgomery County
Site Name:	Kratz Road Bridge Site (36Mg304)
Borough, Township:	Skippack Township
Author:	Hope Luhman
Representing:	Louis Berger & Associates, Inc.
Date of Site:	Late Archaic/Early Woodland 2448-563 BC
Project Sponsor:	Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Engineering District 6-0
Brief Description: Cultural resource investigations conducted in association with the replacement of a 1909 stone-arch bridge crossing in Evansburg State Park revealed a scatter of lithic reduction material. Although numerous flakes and some bifaces were recovered, the only diagnostic prehistoric artifact recovered from the site was a chert projectile point tentatively identified as a Meadowood point. The site is believed to extend north and south beyond the limits of the historic creek crossing along the eastern side of Skippack Creek. Identification of this prehistoric site in combination with previously recorded prehistoric sites within the park and along portions of Skippack Creek, indicate that this area was repeatedly occupied by prehistoric groups during the Middle/Late Archaic, Transitional, and Early/Late Woodland periods. Fortunately, the creation of the state park has protected several of these prehistoric sites as well as numerous nineteenth and early twentieth-century farmsteads, agricultural lands, and woodlots that collectively embody the an important aspect of Pennsylvania’s early history.