This week’s #artifactinfocus is short, sweet, and to the point!
This is a pre-contact period broken quartz projectile point found along the North Branch of the Rancocas Creek during an archaeological survey. 11,000 years ago, humans started populating the Rancocas Valley. Native Americans relied on the Rancocas Creek for fishing and trapping, as well as transportation and irrigation.
“The earliest Europeans named the creek for Remkokes, the native king who occupied the surrounding lands. Whether this was the traditional name given to the stream by the indigenous people is unknown.” (https://rcnwt.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/theforksoftherancocas.pdf)
📸: Allison Gall