West of Elizabethtown, Ohio, along the Indiana-Ohio border, this 8-acre district preserves the remains of a prehistoric Native American village linked to the Fort Ancient culture. Radiocarbon dating places its occupation in the Middle Fort Ancient period of the thirteenth century AD, contemporary with SunWatch near Dayton and the Turpin site at Newtown, and analysis connects all three within a broader regional network. The Henry Bechtel Village area contains a midden, cemetery, hearths, trash pits, and burial pits that illuminate daily life and burial practices. Shell-tempered pottery with Middle Mississippian traits and older burial mounds add to its archaeological importance.