A Short Read @ Delmarva Adena Complex

[yakker]

I know there aren't that many members from this area, called the Delmarva peninsula (combine Delaware, Maryland and Virginia to make the name). So this is just one page, easy reading- and a couple linked-in pics (and a poster purchase opportunity too!). None of my collection even comes close to what you see in this article. But there's always hope, regardless of the diminishing and degrading sites.

Adena Details & History

enjoy! Yakker

 

[jamey]

thanks yakker,some great stuff in there

 

[creekhunter]

Wow, thanks for the read, is the poster the picture of the artifacts on the beach?

 

[Neanderthal]

I really wish they would do away with the "Delmarva Adena" designation. That term was coined way too long ago, when very little information was known. They have no direct relationship with the earlier Adena people to the east, other than having stemmed tools / points. They date more along the lines with Hopewell and there does seem to be similarity in some of their tools..but that's where it ends. A stemmed point does not an Adena make.

I would be OK with just Delmarva, it's the "Adena" that I dispute.

 

[yakker]

Sorry about that. I had no idea. I guess I just wanted to show the broad variety of eras we find out here. My bad. How do you go about deleting a thread?
Yak

 

[yakker]

It's a little humbling- I guess is the word- to shoulder this 'smack down'. Don't get me wrong. I can take it--I just didn't know. So, sometimes, when someone tries to look something up on line, so they think they know what they're talking about, and don't ask silly questions that would be directed back to the internet for answers... this sometimes happens. And not being anything more than an amateur, it's very hard to know what's up to date and what's not.

I'm not thin-skinned in the least, but how, exactly would I have known this information was out-dated? I mean, I guess I do now, but... On rainy (or snowy days)-- cabin-fever days, I can spend an entire day looking things up and trying to get a grip on what I do as a hobby. There are people who go to Wikapedia, there are those who turn to Overstreet, and there are those who go into other sites, hoping to find something relevant to their find(s). I have several books I reference as best I can, but when on line, I try to see what's out there.

Is there a site that deals with Delmarva as a region? because if there is, I haven't found it yet- and am dying to. Given the hodge-podge of artifacts I tend to find, I neither know how to name them (if indeed they have a name) or how to catalog them one way or another. Neanderthal-- if there's something I'm missing as far as on-line research is concerned, please advise. I could use some help- obviously- in my attempts to understand my found artifacts from this region.

And- to answer another question- yes the poster is of the artifacts found- and not just a jumble of things that look like what was found.

Thanks for any/all help with this. Yak

 

[newnan man]

No need to delete it. This is an interesting thread.

 

[theviking]

No need to delete. Things once thought to be true change with new info, no shame in that. Here is a more recent view of the Delmarva Adena complex..If I can find the link again. Thanks for posting, it created lots of good reading time on a rainy day.The Delmarva Adena Complex: A Study of the Frederica Site, Kent County, Delaware | Darrin Lowery - Academia.edu

 

[redbeardrelics]

Hi Yakker, Thanks for posting, I love seeing those Delmarva Adena artifacts, from this area. It is exciting to know that there is potential to stumble across artifacts like those in our stomping grounds, although I am not holding my breath that I will ever be fortunate enough to find them myself. The term "Delmarva Adena" is perfectly fine and still very relevant, as Darrin Lowery's recent work posted on the Smithsonian Institutions website, and referenced in theviking's link, confirms. I don't think there was ever an intent in the published reports on the finds, to insinuate that the people buried on the Delmarva Peninsula with these artifacts were members of the Midwestern Adena culture, as some have assumed, or that an Adena like culture existed here. The theories presented with these artifact finds, are based upon evidence of trade back and forth between the Adena people, and the people living here at the same time. The artifacts in question certainly originated in the Adena regions during the Adena period, and there is little doubt these days that they were crafted by the Adena people. How and why these artifacts ended up on the Delmarva, is the root of the question. I hope these heavy rains, winds, and high tides, provide some good artifact hunting for you soon. I have my fingers crossed that they will be good for me too, as this weekend looks to be the opportunity for my first hunt of the year.

 

[discoidal roller]

Thanks Yakker, I don't live there but its where we go for vacation more often than not. Love the Henlopen area! I'm assuming you kayak? I've got 3 fishing kayaks and would love to find a quartz point and get a fish on the same trip.

and BTW, the Killen's Pond area mentioned by Lowery in the article has a nice disc golf course. Found that's a good excuse to walk around in the woods, a bag over your shoulder and looking down. "Just looking for my disc, sir."

 

[discoidal roller]

Here's the trade route that Lowery refers to. Some of the quartzite you find may have come out of the Piney Branch quarry in DC. I stopped by there on a rare "warm" day this past January just to educate myself. A small percentage of cobbles (maybe 10%) were reddish.



Stone tools of the Piney Branch quarry, DC - Mountain Beltway - AGU Blogosphere

 

[yakker]

Hey- thanks all- for all the info and clarification! Really appreciate it. Redbeard- good luck on your hunt! There should be all sorts of stuff showing up soon- depending on the wind and tides D.Roller-- that stuff looks mighty familiar! Thanks for that info. Happy Hunting everyone! Yakker