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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Collections & Peoples: Native American

Most of the features below were first published in the park's newsletter, Spanning the Gap (STG) or in the Cultural Resource Management magazine, CRM. STG and CRM features are pdf files.
For related pages in this website, and for links to other websites for each feature,
look up the feature under:
• NEWS: Park Newspaper-Features from Back Issues, by year (STG features) or under:
• NEWS: Park Newspaper-CRM Magazine, by topic (CRM features) 

Curation of Artifacts (under Preservation)

 

ARCHEOLOGY OF NATIVE AMERICAN and PREHISTORIC PEOPLES

Native Americans in the Delaware Valley
Park Bulletin with Paleo-Indian, Archaic , Woodland and Historic Period summaries.

Cultural Connections (STG: Summer 1998 Vol. 18 No. 2) Archeological evidence of human settlement within the park's boundaries in prehistoric and colonial times. Includes drawings of Native American artifacts and lifeways. By park archeologist John R. Wright.

Archeologist Herbert Kraft (under People: Individuals)

Archeology in the Minisink Today (STG: Summer 2003 Vol. 25 No. 2) Over 100 years of archeological activity in what is now a national landmark area.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Archeology in a National Recreation Area CRM (Cultural Resource Management) Magazine: Saved from the Dam Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Issue (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) By J.R. Wright and Lori Rohrer.

 
 

The entire issue of CRM (Cultural Resources) Magazine Vol. 23 No. 1 2000 Dam Good Archeology was dedicated to the Cultural Resources Program of the Bureau of Reclamation, including archeology at reclamation sites such as dams.

 

ARPA Archeological Resources Protection Act 1979 (16 USC 470aa-mm)
Minisink Archeological Site
Systemwide Archeological Inventory Progam
Archeology Traveling Trunk

 

Photo Galleries on all subjects
A young man in colonial uniform, with a musket  

Did You Know?
... that in the 1750s, the northwest border of New Jersey (now Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area) was a frontier of the English colonies. In the French & Indian (Seven Years) War, a string of forts protected these settlements. The sites of seven of these outposts are in the park.
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Last Updated: July 08, 2009 at 16:13 EST