Milford chronicle., 1953-12-25
Archaeologists In
Sussex See Slides
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vania. These were largely a cOllec-
ton of glass beads and other per-
sOnal articles of adOrnment as we'll
as snuff boxes, axes, and pieces of
ancient guns that the aborigines
buried with their dead.
Because the coastal tribes were
the first to be wiped out by the
white man, he said, the greater
number of trade goods burial are
farther inland. "The really impOr-
tant things are of the periods of
the Dutch and Swedes up to 1875,
before the British settlement" he
said.
Paper Records Scarce
Records are scarce because pa
per was so valuable it was used
chiefly for legal documents" He
pointed out that the difficulty in
ascertaining the ages of the trade
goods is enhanced by the fact that
the estimates of antiquarians is
usually erroneous.
While the Pennsylvania region
is rich in the glass bead discoveries
of the 18th century, he added, few
have been found in Delaware sites.
Among the artifacts shown in his
slides, DR.. Without includes some
unusual European trade goods but
tons, including some black Jesuit
buttons. One of these Jesuit but
tons has been unearthed in the
foundation of an ancient dwelling
on Pilot Town Road.
Speaking of the first Indian vii
lage project of the Sussex associa-
ton, the Townsend site near Lew
es, DR.. Without established the
date as about 1867, pointing out
that it pre-dated the original Dutch
settlement here in 1880.
On display at the meeting were
numerous small articles found on
the DeVries site which had been
reported on by G. Malcolm Wat
kins, associate curator of ethnO-
lOgy of the Smithsonian Institution.
The Oldest piece was a bottle frag-
ment about 1860.
H. Geiger Omwake of Green
wood, 1853 program chairman, pre-
sided at the meeting in the absence
of Harold w. T. Purnell of George
town. He commended Mrs. Samuel
Sloan for her excellent reports
of meetings of the past year., and
offered to have copies made for
distribution at the annual meeting
January 21st.
Miss Catharine c. Maull, curator
of the Zwaanendael Museum in
Lewes, reported for the treasurer.
Miss Adele Chambers, that the Sus-
sex association now has paid
membership of 50 persons.
Curator A Guest
Guests were Kenneth M. Wilson,
curator of the Delaware State Mu-
scum at Dover, the registrar, Mrs.
Roberta McClearnan; DR.. Carl
Henning, c. Edgar Pearson, and
Commander James A. Campbell. all
of RehObOth. State Representative
Campbell was thanked by Mr.. On
wake on behalf of the association
for presenting the house bill in
the last General Assembly for the
formation of a Delaware archaeO-
logical board.
Orville H. Poets of Indian River
editor of the associations
periodical, The Archaeolog, distrib-
uted the December issue which
carries on the cover a photograph
of an 18-inch high oval-shaped pot
terry vessel restored from shreds
found by Perry S. illegal of Hur-
lock, Md, on the Willin site.
DR.. G. A. BOnine of Rehoboth, one
of the two local representatives on
the new Delaware Archaeological
Board, reported that he is cOmpil-
ing an article for publication on
the DeVries site on Pilot Town
Road, the original settlement of
the first Dutch cOlonists in Del
aware.