PROJECT OVERVIEW

This project extends the historical anthropological research initiative on colonialism and its legacy in the lower Delaware Valley. The project area is of special interest as a nexus of Delaware-Chesapeake relations and New Castle-Appoquinimink relations, and as (or near) a possible Minquas trading post. We seek evidence of 1) changes in the cultural landscape over the generations since first settlement on the site, 2) relations among Lenape, Minquas, Africans, and European colonists, 3) material life and agriculture of the Swedish, Dutch, and Maryland settlers, 4) overland trade in tobacco, labor, and commodities.

PROJECT GOALS

  • Identify and evaluate archaeological remains associated with European conquest and colonial encounters
  • Initiate UD-ASD collaboration in public archaeology and cultural heritage programming

HISTORICAL RESEARCH

GOALS

  • Document ownership, occupations, land use, landscape changes within the project area using multiple sources of evidence
  • Identify areas with potential for archaeological remains

Read the Blogs:

https://sites.udel.edu/fieldnotes/category/coleman-farm-project-2019/