Archaeology Symposium

In addition to being historic preservation month, May is also archaeology month! And I almost forgot to put a plug in for the archaeology symposium that at the New Castle Court House on Saturday, May 9, from 9 am to 4 pm. The topic is "Early Colonial Period Archaeology of the Delaware Valley."

Specific lecture topics include:

• Finding American Indian Sites of the Contact Period
• Middle Atlantic Contact Period Archaeology as Colonial Discourse: Are There Alternatives?
• What Can Late Woodland Ceramics of the Lower Delaware Valley Tell Us About Native American Ethnic Group Distributions During the Contact Period
• How To Find Needles In A Haystack - Contemporary Accounts of Seventeenth Century Goods Traded on the Delaware
• Wampum on the Fringe: Absence of a post-1610 Commodity in Delaware and Why.
  
• Augustine Herrman, Lord of Bohemia Manor
• Colonial Settlement in Coastal Delaware: Avery's Rest - A Case Study
• The Real Buried Treasure in Marcus Hook: Update on Excavations at the Plank House
• Strategic Planning for New Castle Community History & Archaeology Program: The Archaeology of Colonization and Beyond

It looks like a lot of great discussions - See you there on Saturday!