Claim: The Bedford Village Archeological Site in Bedford County, Pennsylvaniawas once occupied by the Monongahela, a Native American culture of Woodland people who practiced maize agriculture and lived in well-laid-out villages.
Evidence: The Bedford Village Archeological Site (36BD90) is an archaeological site in central Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located in Bedford Township north of the borough of Bedford, it was once occupied by a Monongahela culture village. The Monongahela culture were a Native American cultural manifestation of Late Woodland peoples from AD 1050 to 1635 in present-day western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern Ohio, and West Virginia. The Monongahela practiced maize agriculture, and lived in well laid out villages, some of which consisted of as many as 50-100 structures.