Pages Tagged With: "archaeology"

‘Lost Off Lewes: The British Warship DeBraak’

Tours explore the surviving hull section of this 18th-century shipwreck.




‘Queenstown and the Early Colonial Delmarva: An Archaeological and Historical Symposium’ at the New Castle Court House Museum on Oct. 13, 2018

Event will include scholarly presentations on My Lord’s Gift, a 17th century archaeological site in Queenstown, Md.; and the Coleman Farm, Reedy Island and Fort Casimir sites in Delaware.




Alice Guerrant receives award from the Archaeological Society of Delaware

Division archaeologist honored for outstanding contributions to the society.




ArCH Field Days help students learn about historic preservation

Program designed to meet Next Generation science standards as well as Common Core state standards for art and history.




Archaeological discovery writes new chapter in Delaware’s early colonial history

Findings shed light on 11 burials dating to the late 1600s including three people of African descent.




Archaeological project to begin in historic New Castle

Archaeological investigation seeks to find evidence of the fort originally built by Dutch settlers in 1651.




Archaeological symposium at the New Castle Court House Museum on April 29, 2017

Program seeks to identify the uniqueness of the Colonial cultures in the Delaware Valley in the 17th and 18th centuries.




Archaeological symposium at the New Castle Court House Museum on May 7, 2016

Program seeks to identify the uniqueness of the early colonial cultures in the region.




Archaeologist John W. Martin joins State Historic Preservation Office staff

New employee has 39 years of experience in archaeology and historic preservation.




Archaeology and history symposium at Dover’s Old State House on April 22, 2023

Day-long series of activities to highlight archaeological investigations, historical research and related topics for the state and surrounding areas.




Brick foundation uncovered next to Dover’s Old State House

Discovery may be the remains of an 1829 armory.




Call for papers: ‘Archaeological and Historical Symposium of the Colonial Delaware Valley’

Deadline for submission of abstracts: March 31, 2017




Call for papers: ‘The Early Colonial Delaware Valley—An Archaeological and Historical Symposium’

Deadline for submission of abstracts: April 22, 2016.




Call for papers: 2023 Delaware Archaeology and History Symposium

Presentations to highlight archaeological or historical research, or related topics for the State of Delaware. Deadline: March 10, 2023




Craig Lukezic to leave division employment

Archaeologist headed to new job at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland.




Debraak Tours Attendance Increased by 38% in 2013; New Tours Scheduled for 2014

Public interest continues for British warship that sank off the Delaware coast on May 25, 1798.