Excavation of the Indian Neck Ossuary, September 1979, Wellfleet, MA

Creator(s): Francis McManamon

Year: 1979

Summary

Photo of three Mashpee and Wampanoag tribal representatives observing the excavation of the Indian Neck ossuary. John Peters (Slow Turtle) Massachusetts Commissioner of Indian Affairs at the time of the excavation who was part of the consultation regarding the excavation is in the foreground.

Cite this Record

Excavation of the Indian Neck Ossuary, September 1979, Wellfleet, MA. Francis McManamon. 1979. Cape Cod National Seashore, Curation Facility, Salt Pond Visitor Center, Eastham, MA ( tDAR id: 370026) ; doi:10.6067/XCV80G3HCX

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Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican • Late Woodland • Middle Woodland

Material
Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fire Cracked Rock • Human Remains • Metal • Shell

Site Name
Indian Neck ossuary, Wellfleet, MA

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Fish Trap / Weir • Human cremation • Ossuary • Refuse Pit • Settlements • Sheet Midden • Shell Midden • Storage Pit • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

Geographic Keywords
Barnstable County • Cape Cod • Southeastern Massachusetts • Southern New England

Temporal Keywords
Contact Period • Historic Period • Prehistoric Period

Spatial Coverage

min long: -70.043; min lat: 41.895 ; max long: -69.996; max lat: 41.94 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Principal Investigator(s): Francis McManamon

Source Collections

Records are at Cape Cod National Seashore Curatorial Facility, Salt Pond Visitor Center, Eastham, MA Human remains were repatriated in the 1980s

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