The Everett Knoll Complex is an archaeological site first identified in the 1850’s. Today it is an Archaeological District on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). This designation means that the site is important and should be preserved and protected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
UA students aided in documenting the site and the state of preservation from 2021-2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 10,000 Years of People in the Cuyahoga Valley<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Glaciers receded from northeast Ohio around 14,000 years ago, allowing for groups to move into the region. Living along and around the Cuyahoga River has always been popular, resulting in thousands of years of evidence of daily life left throughout the Cuyahoga Valley. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We do not know many of the names of the people and groups that made the valley their home, but using archaeological and botanical evidence we know what the area would have looked like over time, the animals and plants they would have had access to, and where they lived, or at least some of the places they lived. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Archaeological work at the Everett Knoll site<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1856: The village of Everett begins building a new schoolhouse on the knoll. They quickly discover that the natural knoll was also a burial ground for Indigenous individuals. They uncover a ‘limestone enclosure’ that held ancestral remains and grave goods. Construction on the schoolhouse continued and it is unknown what happened to the individuals and material uncovered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1876: The findings at the Everett Knoll are reported on at the Archaeological Convention, in Mansfield Ohio, for the first time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1970’s: Dr. David Brose of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, alongside Dr. Gary Wright and Case Western Reserve University students, reexamined the knoll and the surrounding area, surveying until they reached the Cuyahoga River, east of the knoll. These investigations led to additional ancestral remains, pottery, stone artifacts, and bone artifacts being uncovered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1990’s-2010’s: The Midwest Archaeological Center (MWAC) conducted multiple surveys on CVNP properties north and east of the knoll. These surveys uncovered intact features, such as post molds, hearths, and pits and numerous artifacts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2021-2025: Summit Metro Parks and the University of Akron investigated the large agricultural field south of the knoll. These investigations uncovered multiple intact features and thousands of artifacts. Collaboration is ongoing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Everett Knoll Complex is an archaeological site first identified in the 1850’s. Today it is an Archaeological District on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). This designation means that the site is important and should be preserved and protected. UA students aided in documenting the site and the state of preservation from 2021-2025. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4925,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2508","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4925"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2508"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2798,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2508\/revisions\/2798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}