[2]: 2  This location is atypical for the Monongahela culture, whose bearer typically settled in upland areas for defensive purposes.

Based on archaeological evidence, it is believed that the site was occupied for a short period of time — perhaps two generations — at some point between the years 1250 and 1600.

[2]: 2  In the summers of 1979 and 1980, Pennsylvania State University conducted much more extensive excavations at different locations in Old Bedford Village, revealing stockade trenches around much of the site.

[2]: 3 The Bedford Village Site represents an unusual mix of phases in Native American history in the region.

[2]: 4 The wide range of artifacts and the high degree of preservation at the Bedford Village site led to its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.