Here is a good excuse to travel and see historic New Castle in the springtime:


The Early Colonial Delaware Valley
An Archaeological Symposium



May 4, 2013
New Castle Court House Museum
New Castle, DE

9:30     Introduction by Craig Lukezic

10:00   Hunt for Fort Christina: An Update of an Ongoing Collective Effort.
Craig Lukezic, Bill Chadwick and Liz LaVigne

10:30    Recent Excavations at Fort Casimir
Wade Catts

11:00    The Elkins Site, A & B
Bill Liebeknecht

11:30     New Castle projects by U.D.
Introduction from Lu Ann De Cunzo and Nikki Laws
Amstel House: Gabrielle Pirro, Sarah Driver, and Kahlil Boatright
Dutch House: Patrick Smith, Binta Bah, and Katie Goerger

Noon to 1:30 Lunch on your own

1:30     Fort Nya Goteborg
            Marshall Becker

2:00    West Shipyard, the late 17th - 18th century shipyard in Philadelphia
            Rebecca Yamin