Educational Resources
Archeology Month Activities
Archeology Month Activities is 2-page exploration into what lies buried beneath the ground you walk on!
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Native American Sites in the City of Philadelphia
An online introduction to the first occupants of the City of Philadelphia and the archaeological legacy they left behind. There are currently only about a dozen such sites documented within the boundaries of the city, with the majority located in the peripheral, less disturbed parts of the city. Only four of these known sites have been identified to date within the core downtown parts of center city.
Philadelphia Archaeology
- James Dexter Site (Independence National Historical Park)
- President's House
- President's House in Philadelphia (ushistory.org)
- President's House Freedom and Slavery in Making a New Nation (City of Philadelphia Mayor's Office/Independence National Historical Park)
- President's House Site (Independence National Historical Park)
- National Constitution Center Site/NCC Site (Independence National Historical Park)
- Franklin Court/Benjamin Franklin's Mansion (Independence National Historical Park)
- Benjamin Franklin's Mastodon Tooth (includes a Podcast Tour)
- Archeology at Franklin Court/ Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary NPS Archeology in Parks)
- Plant Archaeological Discoveries at Franklin Court
- Robert Morris Ice House
- Robert Morris Mansion
- Workshop Of The World/Oliver Evans Chapter of the Society for Industrial Archeology. Sample the City of Philadelphia's industrial history neighborhood by neighborhood.