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Highlights of the month include programs on the saving of The Old State House, a symposium on the early Colonial archaeology of the Delaware Valley region and the Zwaanendael Maritime Celebration.
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Web-based system is now available for public use.
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Hello to Emily Whaley; thanks to Alice Guerrant for decades of service.
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Symposia on the early colonial archaeology of the Delaware Valley region have been held at the New Castle Court House Museum in New Castle, Delaware since 2008. The next symposium is scheduled for May 14, 2011 at the same location. The format of the symposium is a range of informal presentations on the practical aspects […]
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Article on the need for rehabilitation of the dikes in and around the City of New Castle, Del.
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Find out what it takes to preserve artifacts with environmental controls, maintenance and continuous monitoring as climate conditions change.
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Tours explore the surviving hull section of an 18th-century shipwreck.
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Guest article by Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs archaeologist Stephanie Soder.
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Ceremony coincides with the announcement of a $71,500 grant for archaeological investigations at the New Castle site.
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A wealth of historic sites are open for visitation.
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Program designed to promote the study and conservation of the state’s archaeological resources.
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By Alice Guerrant, Historic Archaeologist This is HCA’s first blog on the topic of preservation, so we thought it appropriate to introduce, for what may be the first time for many readers, the Delaware State Historic Preservation Office. Historic preservation means the study, protection, and maintenance of the historic places that keep us in touch […]
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By: Alice Guerrant As work has continued on The Green, we’ve had another unexpected discovery right outside our windows! Under the old sidewalk, the backhoe bucket hit a wall, which was subsequently uncovered, photographed, and mapped by HCA archaeologists. The wall was not very substantial, and included brick bats, a layer of roofing slates, and […]
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Workshop will explore archaeological prospection techniques at the site of Fort Casimir which was built by the Dutch in 1651.
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(from Custer, Jay F. “A Guide to Prehistoric Arrowheads and Spear Points of Delaware.” UD Center for Archaeological Research, Newark, DE. 1996.) There were many changes in the environments of Delaware during the 15,000 years or so of human occupation of the state, and prehistoric peoples had to adapt to these environmental changes. Each of […]
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