Environmental and Cultural Context

The Stratton Mill Creek site is located to the south of NY11 and the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad in the Town of Kirkwood, Broome County, New York. The site is situated on the floodplain and a terrace of the Susquehanna River at its confluence with Stratton Mill Creek. Flanking the Susquehanna River on either side are steep valley walls that rise from a minimum elevation of 259 m (850 ft) ASL at the valley bottom, to a maximum of roughly 518 m (1700 ft) ASL at the summit. The Stratton Mill Creek site is situated in a locale with easy access to a variety of resources, including creeks and rivers and diverse forest/vegetation communities with numerous nut species. The diversity and abundance of these valued natural resources was likely one of the key reasons for repeated use of the site.

 Test Description
The Stratton Mill Creek site is located to the south of NY11 and the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad in the Town of Kirkwood, Broome County, New York.