Lancaster Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Shenks Ferry People
Photographed by William Pope, April 14, 2024
1. Shenks Ferry People Marker
Inscription.
Shenks Ferry People. . Indigenous Peoples, today known as the Shenks Ferry People, established a village in this area approximately 550 years ago. Archaeological research uncovered remnants of dwellings, trash pits, graves, and other structures covering a four-acre area. The village was surrounded by a defensive fortification 150 meters in diameter. The homes had central hearths used for cooking and heating. A horticultural culture, the Shenks Ferry People lived along floodplains of the Susquehanna and other rivers. As local soils and forests would become depleted from use, Shenks Ferry communities would move every eight to 12 years to find new locations could sustain them.
Indigenous Peoples, today known as the Shenks Ferry People, established a village in this area approximately 550 years ago. Archaeological research uncovered remnants of dwellings, trash pits, graves, and other structures covering a four-acre area. The village was surrounded by a defensive fortification 150 meters in diameter. The homes had central hearths used for cooking and heating. A horticultural culture, the Shenks Ferry People lived along floodplains of the Susquehanna and other rivers. As local soils and forests would become depleted from use, Shenks Ferry communities would move every eight to 12 years to find new locations could sustain them.
Erected 2022 by Lancaster Township Historical Commission.
Location. 40° 0.719′ N, 76° 20.17′ W. Marker is near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. It is in Lancaster Township. It is on Wabank Road just west of Pilgrim Drive, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1903 Wabank Road, Lancaster PA 17603, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, and in the Susquehanna Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 14, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 14, 2024, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 723 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on April 14, 2024, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
