The Early Colonial Delaware Valley: An Archaeological Symposium                                       May 8, 2010
 New Castle Court House Museum, New Castle, DE
For directions, please see:
http://history.delaware.gov/museums/default.shtml
For additional information, please contact Craig Lukezic at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>  or call 302-736-7407.

9:00
Taken to the Grave: European Trade Goods in Delaware Mortuary Contexts During the 17th and Early 18th Centuries
R. Dustin Cushman

9:45
The Archaeology of Power along the Colonial Delaware:
 The Seventeenth-Century Forts that Served as Courthouses and Administrative Centers
David A. Furlow

10:30
Mexhoxy's "Land Sales" in Delaware: An update based on New Evidence from New Jersey
Marshall Joseph Becker

1:00
Woodland Settlement Patterns of Delaware and Southeast Pennsylvania:  Implications for Contact Period Archaeology
Jay F. Custer

1:45
A Second Look at Late 17th and Early 18th Century Sites
Overlooked in Central Delaware...Examples from Three Sites in Central Delaware
William B. Liebeknecht

2:30
Presentations on the Preservation of Historic New Castle
Students of the Department of Anthropology
University of Delaware.