National Historic Landmark - Sunwatch Site

Sunwatch, formerly known as the Incinerator Site, is located on the west bank of the Great Miami River within the city limits of Dayton.

Ceramics, radio-carbon dates, and other evidence indicate that this open village site is a discrete Fort Ancient period Anderson phase village probably occupied for not more than 25 years during the late 12th and early 13th Centuries A.D.

The site is one of the best preserved and most completely excavated and analyzed archeological village sites associated with the Post Archaic Eastern Farmers.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historical Landmarks