Roberts Farm Site (36LA1)

Roberts Farm Site (36LA1) is a historic archaeological site located above the Conestoga River at Manor Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It underwent excavation in 1931-1932 and in 1971 by the Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission. The excavations identified the presence of a substantial, fortified Susquehannock Indian village and cemetery from the Late Woodland / Protohistoric period. Settlement was from the Late Archaic period through about 1650.[2]

Roberts Farm Site (36LA1)
LocationOn a knoll above the Conestoga River, just before its confluence with the Susquehanna River, Manor Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°56′42.36″N 76°22′26.861″W
Area7.5 acres (3.0 ha)
NRHP reference No.86000830[1]
Added to NRHPApril 3, 1986

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

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