The site has been used by archeologists to define a culture-history sequence in prehistoric archaeology for the Mid-Atlantic region.

[5] The formations of this site and Potomac Creek are similar in that the outermost system of the village is the only one to include an interior ditch or borrow pits.

[4] Archaeology has indicated numerous building periods which leads to believing these people had a long occupation at the site.

At the north end of the area near the Piscataway Creek there was a rectangular fort that was occupied by the Susquehannocks in 1674-75.

The ceramics are characterized by fine grained sand and mica temper, soft texture, compact paste, and smoothed interior and exterior surfaces.

Decorations include stamped, rolled onto the vessel, or a cord that is horizontal, vertical, or diagonal to the rim.

[7] The site served as a basis for understanding the ceramic chronology that appears in the Middle Atlantic region.

Because there was no record of this verbal agreement and handshake, he was not buried at Moyaone until 1979, a year after his death, when Congress passed legislation[8] permitting his burial in a national park area.