Nobles Pond Site facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Nobles Pond Site |
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| Location | North Canton, Ohio |
| Official name: Nobles Pond, Ohio History Connection | |
| Reference no. | 33ST357 |
The Nobles Pond Site is a special place near Canton in Stark County, Ohio. It is a large archaeological site, about 25 acres big. This site is very important for understanding early human history in North America.
About 10,500 to 11,500 years ago, at the end of the Ice age, many early people camped here. These people were called Paleo-Indians, and they were the first humans to live in Ohio. The Nobles Pond Site is one of the biggest places linked to the Clovis culture in North America.
Scientists and volunteers have dug up many old tools and objects at the site. These "artifacts" help us learn how these ancient people made and used tools. They also show us how they found materials and how they lived their daily lives. The Ohio Historical Society has recognized Nobles Pond as a historical site since 1992. Today, Nobles Pond is part of a park in North Canton, Ohio.
Digging Up Ancient History
In 1988, an urgent dig, called an excavation, began at the Nobles Pond site. This was because new houses were going to be built there. Dr. Mark Seeman led the project. Students and volunteers helped him carefully dig into the ground.
They found stone tools in groups in nine different spots. They also found an area that might have been where people did certain activities. It could even have been the floor of an ancient house. All the old objects found were carefully studied and kept safe.
Where Early People Gathered
The Nobles Pond Site was a very important meeting place for early people. It was a "congregation site," meaning a place where many groups of people came together. These groups were nomadic, which means they moved around a lot.
Another Paleo-Indian site in northern Ohio, called Paleo Crossing Site, also showed signs of being a gathering place. However, Nobles Pond was much larger. Other big Paleo-Indian gathering sites include the Vail Site in Maine and the DEDIC/Sugarloaf Site in Massachusetts. In Canada, sites like Udora Site, Parkhill Site, and Fisher are also important.
