Middle Atlantic, Delaware Valley (Geographic Keyword)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Beyond Battlefields: Culture and Conflict through the Philadelphia Campaign" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In the fall of 1777, the Royal Navy was prevented from reaching Philadelphia by river obstructions, a small Pennsylvania Navy, and two forts. Fort Mifflin and Fort Mercer, on opposite sides of the Delaware river, served as the principal American defensive works. On 22 October 1777, Crown Forces...
"The Hollanders Have Built A Fortress With Four Bastions:" A Synopsis Of The Archaeological Investigations At The Site Of Fort Casimir/Nieuwer Amstel, City of New Castle, Delaware. (2022)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "More than Pots and Pipes: New Netherland and a World Made by Trade" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Fort Casimir was a 17th-century fortification defending the town of New Amstel, today’s New Castle, Delaware. Casimir was the center of power for the Dutch West India Company, and later, the City of Amsterdam on the South (Delaware) River. The fort changed hands four times – built by the Dutch in 1651,...