 Archaeological excavations at West Point in Discovery Park, Magnolia confirm that the Seattle area has been inhabited by humans for at least 4,000 years and probably much longer.West Point was called "Oka-dz-elt-cu", "Per-co-dus-chule", or "Pka-dzEltcu".The village of "tohl-AHL-too" ("herring house") had been inhabited at least since the 6th century CE, as had "hah-AH-poos"—"where there are horse clams"—at the then-mouth of the Duwamish River in what is now the Industrial District.