Baltimore Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Pre-settlement=== The Baltimore area had been inhabited by [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] since at least the [[10th millennium BC]], when [[Paleo-Indians]] first settled in the region.<ref name="akerson"/> One Paleo-Indian site and several [[Archaic period in North America|Archaic period]] and [[Woodland period]] archaeological sites have been identified in Baltimore, including four from the [[Late Woodland period]].<ref name="akerson">{{cite book |title=American Indians in the Baltimore area |last=Akerson |first=Louise A. |year=1988 |publisher=Baltimore Center for Urban Archaeology (Md.) |location=Baltimore, Maryland |oclc=18473413 |page=15 }}</ref> In December 2021, several Woodland period Native American artifacts were found in [[Herring Run Park]] in northeast Baltimore, dating 5,000 to 9,000 years ago. The finding followed a period of dormancy in Baltimore City archaeological findings which had persisted since the 1980s.<ref name="herring-run-artifacts">{{cite news|title=Discovered in Baltimore park: Native American artifacts 5,000-9,000 years old|date=December 4, 2021|access-date=December 5, 2021|newspaper=Baltimore Brew|url=https://www.baltimorebrew.com/2021/12/04/discovered-in-a-baltimore-park-native-american-artifacts-5000-9000-years-old/|last=Shen|first=Fern}}</ref> During the Late Woodland period, the [[archaeological culture]] known as the Potomac Creek complex resided in the area from Baltimore south to the [[Rappahannock River]] in present-day [[Virginia]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Commoners, Tribute, and Chiefs: The Development of Algonquian Culture in the Potomac Valley |last=Potter |first=Stephen R. |year=1993 |publisher=University of Virginia Press |location=Charlottesville, Virginia |isbn=978-0-8139-1422-0 |page=119 |access-date=January 5, 2013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWQfeDJYlewC&q=Commoners,+Tribute,+and+Chiefs}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page