Archaeological excavation revealed a small prehistoric site at Schneider Lane on a terrace just above Crooked Brook. While stone tools and ceramics were found at the site, there was no evidence of long term habitation, such as numerous hearths and storage pits, or remains of dwellings. The data recovered suggested that this site was used for specific tasks for a relatively short period of time. For example, it may have been a camp for gathering and processing seasonally available game or other foodstuffs. There were probably both men and women present, suggesting that it was not only a hunting camp but that some food was being prepared or processed at the site.
Archaeological sites are important for the information they contain about past human ways of life.
Although this was a small site, it is important to preserve because it contains valuable, information which tells us more about overall living patterns. History is not only about the biggest or the best, but about people accomplishing the mundane tasks of everyday life. Small sites can help us understand how people used their time and resources to get through life on a daily basis. Because the loci, or areas of highest concentration, of each of these classes of artifacts were slightly different, it is hypothesized that these concentrations represent different activity areas. Manufacture and use of ceramic vessels is generally thought by archaeologists to be women's activities in ancient Native American cultures, associated with food storage and preparation.