Archaeological dig yields treasures in Columbia, Lancaster County

(YDR/Lancaster Intelligencer Journal) A recent archaeological dig at Rotary Park has set Columbia Borough's historical clock back a few thousand years, revealing an American Indian community dating to a time when pharaohs ruled Egypt and Stonehenge was under construction.
"We've found spear points dating back to 3000 B.C. and pottery that goes back to the 1300s," said Meg Schaefer, curator with the Wright's Ferry Mansion in Columbia, said Aug. 10. "We've even found evidence of what Natives were eating, including carbonized nut hulls and fish scales, which we can carbon date." Continued

Image: Display of artifacts from the Susquehannocks, in the State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States, March 2007. Photograph by Ruhrfisch, some rights reserved.