SUSQUEHANNOCK HISTORY Susquehannock Location Susquehanna River and its branches from the north end of Chesapeake Bay in Maryland across Pennsylvania into southern New York. Population The original number is uncertain, since Europeans seldom visited their villages. The best guesses of their population are somewhere between 5, 000 to 7, 000 in 1600 in at least five tribal groups. By 1700 there were ...

The Indian Occupation Of Mother Bedford (Page 5) The Land Of The Susquehannock (A large portion of the information for the following was obtained through a discussion with Paul M. Heberling, a retired anthropology professor of Juniata College, and owner of the Heberling Associates, an archaeological research company.) The various published history books available which recount the history of the ...

Penn State Field School Explores Susquehannock Site 8-5-98 Lancaster, Pa. -- Every summer, anthropology students trek to the far corners of the world for their rite of passage -- field school. This summer, Penn State students went only as far as Lancaster County, where the Hershey Site, an unexcavated Native American village, posed questions for the 22 students in Penn State's archaeological ...