by Amy Simpson | Nov 18, 2022 | Archaeology, Artifact, pottery, Uncategorized
From the Wolfe Neck Shell Midden Sitein Sussex County, Delaware By Bill Liebeknecht In advance of a proposed trail at Cape Henlopen State Park in Sussex County, Delaware, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control hired Dovetail Cultural...
by Amy Simpson | Aug 6, 2021 | Arrowhead, Arrowheads, Artifact, Delaware, Prehistoric, Projectile Points, Tools
By: Andy Martin This Fox Creek or Selby Bay (if you’re from Virginia) projectile point was recovered from the John Dickinson Plantation in southern Delaware. Why is this extra cool? Fox Creek/Selby Bay projectile points are a relatively common point type that are...
by Amy Simpson | Jun 29, 2021 | Archaeology, Arrowhead, Artifact, Delaware
By: Bill Liebeknecht A copper alloy projectile point or “arrowhead” was recently recovered by Dovetail Cultural Resource Group during an archaeological survey at the John Dickinson Plantation near Dover, Delaware. Work was conducted on behalf of the Delaware Division...
by Amy Simpson | May 21, 2021 | Archaeology, Arrowhead, Arrowheads, Artifact, Delaware, Prehistoric, Projectile Points, Tools
By: Andy Martin Today we’re talking about one of the less-discussed pieces of the Native American/pre-contact tool kit…the knife. There has been seemingly endless amounts of ink spilled about projectile points and axes and pottery but believe me (I’ve looked) there’s...
by Amy Simpson | Dec 18, 2020 | Archaeology, Artifact, Coins, Fredericksburg, Nineteenth Century, Penny
By: Joe Blondino Most of the artifacts that archaeologists find don’t give us an exact date for when they were used or deposited on a site. Typically, artifacts are assigned a “type”, and each type has a date range that is generally accepted based on previous...
by Amy Simpson | Nov 20, 2020 | Alexandria Archaeology, Archaeology, Architecture, Artifact, Brick Foundation, Rosary
By: Kerry S. González In recent excavations in the City of Alexandria, Dovetail recovered a portion of a rosary, specifically the crucifix and a section of the antiphon. Rosaries are used in Catholicism as a form of meditative prayer, and each rosary contains three...