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

Creator(s): Francis McManamon

Year: 1979

Summary

Photo showning the midden level that was stratigraphically above the ossuary feature. In this photo, the piece fo white plastic sheeting shown covers a human cranium that was exposed in the profile in the photos

Cite this Record

Excavation of the Indian Neck Ossuary, September 1979, Wellfleet, MA. Francis McManamon. 1979 ( tDAR id: 370023) ; doi:10.6067/XCV85X279V

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Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican • Historic • Late Woodland • Middle Woodland • 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 • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Midden • Ossuary • Settlements • Sheet Midden • Shell Midden • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

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

Temporal Keywords
Contact Period • Historic Period • Prehistoric Period

Temporal Coverage

Radiocarbon Date: 4000 to 250

Spatial Coverage

min long: -70.039; min lat: 41.883 ; max long: -69.979; max lat: 41.944 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Sponsor(s): Cape Cod National Seashore, National Park Service

Source Collections

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

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