Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 2020

Abstract

Archived documents as well as records from local oral traditions abound within each of the American colonies. Gathering the accounts relevant to a specific Native American site reveals the extent of such information and how it can help us to reconstruct culture histories for the numerous tribal entities for whom detailed histories are often wanting. The period from 1700 to 1750 in Pennsylvania saw a wide assortment of complex responses of a number of local and immigrant tribal entities as each sought a mechanism by which to maintain their cultural heritage. The Deisher site (36Bk450) has long been known, but how it fits into Lenape tribal history is only now being addressed. Fitting this site into recently discovered data sets regarding the Lenape has been attempted, but final resolution remains elusive.

Publication Title

Pennsylvania Archaeologist: Bulletin of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology, Inc.

ISSN

0031-4358

Publisher

The Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology, Inc.

Volume

90

Issue

2

First Page

65

Last Page

72

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