Archaeology

Dayton completed an archaeological survey of a site known as Lichliter Village, formerly settled by Native Americans over 1,000 years ago. The artifacts found are now in the care of the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery.

New archaeological research highlights how artisans modified animal bones using blades to create ceremonial objects two thousand years ago in what is now called the Miami Valley.

Dayton has hired a national consulting firm that city officials say specializes in cultural and historic preservation to conduct testing at the site of a…