The Early Colonial Delaware Valley
An Archaeological and Historical Symposium

May 9, 2015
New Castle Court House Museum,  New Castle, DE


8:45       Introduction             Craig Lukezic



9:00       John Bansch - Volunteer Coordinator of Archaeology Projects, Historic Odessa     Foundation

New Archaeological Research for the Lost Corbit Tannery


9:45    Bruce A. Bendler - Adjunct Professor of History, University of Delaware
Thomas Noxon: Building Appoquinimink Hundred



10:30  John P. McCarthy - Delaware State Parks

Testing Taste in a Community of Faith:  Some Implications of Colonial Quaker Aesthetics and Consumer Patterns


11:00 to 1:00  Lunch

1:00    Daniel R. Griffith - Archaeological Society of Delaware
Discovery and Recovery of Eleven Colonial Burials from Avery's Rest, Sussex County, Delaware

1:45    Meagan Ratini and Kevin C. Bradley -  JMA - a CCRG company
Carter's Alley: A Case Study in the Evolution of  Colonial Philadelphia
2:15    Presenters are students from the Introduction to Field Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, of the University of Delaware
Service Learning Archaeology at Old Swedes Church
 2:45    Michael J. Emmons, Jr. - University of DelawareDigging at the Surface: Historic Graffiti, Inscription, and the Liminality of Text At Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes) in Wilmington, Delaware, 1698-1870
3:30    Marshall Joseph Becker - Professor of Anthropology Emeritus
West Chester University
   The Origins of Indian Trade Silver: Lenape Brooches from Southeastern Pennsylvania