page_title: Swan's Landing Archeological Site
section_title: Findings
hierarchical_section_title: Swan's Landing Archeological Site / Findings
caption_attribution_description: English: A field on the southern edge of the Swan's Landing Archeological Site, located on the Ohio River at the end of Lickford Bridge Road north of New Amsterdam in Washington Township, Harrison County, Indiana, United States. Once used by Early Archaic peoples as a factory for stone tools, it is one of the most important Early Archaic archaeological sites in eastern North America. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
context_page_description: The Swan's Landing Archeological Site is an archaeological site from the Early Archaic period in Harrison County, Indiana, United States. Located along the Ohio River, it has been extensively damaged by modern activity, but it is still one of the most important sites for its time period in North America. It has been designated a historic site because of its archaeological value.
context_section_description: The massive numbers of stone tools recovered at Swan's Landing indicate that the site was employed as a factory for stone tools from nearby stone outcrops. Some tools were produced at the site, and many blanks were also produced there for reduction at other locations. Because virtually all stone tools found at the site are made of local Wyandotte chert, it seems that the people who frequented the site neither travelled afar nor traded stone with other peoples. Swan's Landing appears to have been used by skilled craftsmen: the wide range of tools suggests that the workers were highly specialized. Multiple tribes may have frequented the site; one scholar has proposed that it functioned as a trading post between different peoples. With little evidence of daily life, the site may have been used typically by groups that camped there for short periods of time. The reason for the site's abandonment appears to have been that its users found nearby areas that were more appealing for their industrial purposes.
caption: The southern edge of the site
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