Archaeological Society of Delaware: New Castle Chapter Speaker Series
Schedule
Mon Oct 27 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:15 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Claymont Library | Claymont, DE
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Dovetail Cultural Resource Group a Mead & Hunt Company (Dovetail) along with South River Heritage Consulting, LLC (South River) conducted Terminal Phase II archaeological testing and evaluation of three sites (7NC-F-186, 7NC-F-187, 7NC-F-188) within the Francina Planation ahead of a proposed residential development of the Carter Farm in Middletown, Pencader Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. The development of the project area for a residential subdivision came to the attention of the New Castle County Historic Review Board (HRB) in May 2021. A Phase IA study was completed by South River Heritage Consulting in 2023 outlining the history of the project area and the potential for archaeological resources. In May 2023 Dovetail conducted a Phase IB archaeological survey of five areas of archaeological interest across the property and recommended Phase II testing. The Phase IB survey identified three new archaeological sites with seven loci: consisting of multicomponent archaeological sites (7NC-F-188, 7NC-F-187, and 7NC-F-188. All three newly identified sites were found to contain both precontact and historic artifacts with date ranges between the Archaic and Woodland precontact periods as well as the late seventeenth through midnineteenth centuries. The goal of the terminal Phase II testing was necessary to formally evaluate each site for NRHP eligibility prior to development. Overall, the sites within the Francina Plantation represents a mix of ephemeral precontact short-term occupations (short-term procurement forays and a rhyolite cache of blades) and three historic occupations, a late seventeenth to mid-eighteenth-century domestic complex, a probable eighteenth-nineteenth century quarter, and a late-eighteenth-early nineteenth century storehouse complex. The three historic sites allow for a unique perspective to examine the development of a large landscape over time. This talk is sponsored by the Archaeological Society of Delaware as well as the Bear Public Library. It is free and open to the public!
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