| The following artifacts were all found on either our sod farm or adjacent
property on our square mile section and, as you can see, represent many
different periods of habitation. Many artifacts that have been found
by previous owners and hunters are long-gone and we will never have the
history that each artifact represents. One can only imagine some
of the beautiful artifacts that must have been found by the earliest settlers
to this area when they first turned the ground while walking behind their
team of horses or mules.
Margo Hupe
This section’s relics seem to indicate of a greater Late Archaic
occupation than has been seen in other local assemblages. The Brewerton
typology’s origins lie towards the New England states. The primary criteria
for occupation during the Late Archaic period seems to have been access
to sufficient freshwater—which became less available as the land changed
in the wake of the retreating glaciers. By the transitional phase of the
late Archaic/Woodland Period, the land was significantly drier. Freshwater
sources still existed, and these must have been focal points for inhabitation
of the region.
Stone Sweet
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