▁to ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁Law son - J ury ▁building , ▁an ▁arch ae ological ▁assess ment ▁discovered ▁the ▁remains ▁of ▁a ▁ 4 , 0 0 0 - year - old ▁cam ps ite , ▁now ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Spo ok ▁H ollow ▁site . ▁The ▁re construct ed ▁village ▁s its ▁at op ▁the ▁Law son ▁site , ▁a ▁Ne ut ral ▁I ro qu o ian ▁village ▁occupied ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century . ▁ ▁The ▁Law son ▁Site ▁ ▁The ▁Law son ▁Site ▁is ▁situated ▁on ▁a ▁plate au ▁between ▁Med way ▁River ▁and ▁S nake ▁Creek , ▁trib ut aries ▁of ▁the ▁Th ames ▁River . ▁Ar ound ▁ 1 5 0 0 ▁AD ▁this ▁plate au ▁was ▁the ▁location ▁of ▁a ▁dens ely ▁fort ified ▁Ne ut ral ▁I ro qu ois ▁village ▁with ▁a ▁peak ▁population ▁of ▁as ▁many ▁as ▁ 1 , 9 0 0 ▁individuals . ▁The ▁site ▁was ▁known ▁to ▁amateur ▁collect ors ▁since ▁the ▁mid ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁The ▁first ▁arch ae ological ▁exc av ations ▁of ▁the ▁site ▁were ▁undert aken ▁by ▁W . J . ▁W int emberg ▁from ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁to ▁ 1 9 2 3 , ▁and ▁Wil fr id ▁J ury ▁exc av ated ▁the ▁site ▁through ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁and ▁ 4 0 s . ▁ ▁The ▁site ▁was ▁extens ively ▁exc av ated ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁in ▁association