Archaeological Monitoring at Dingmans Launch Lower Boat Ramp reveals what the site tells us about past life and use.
This nonfiction work presents field findings from the Dingmans Launch boat ramp area in the Delaware Water Gap, focusing on how features, artifacts, and botanical remains help build a picture of activity across periods.
In this edition, readers are guided through the methods of recovery and analysis, including flotation sampling, wood charcoal studies, and faunal and floral remains. The report ties together lithic artifacts, groundstone tools, ceremonial items, and the bone and plant record to outline how people used the site and nearby resources over time.
- See how botanical remains, wood fragments, and nutshells are identified and counted to reveal resource use and storage practices.
- Explore the lithic assemblage, including debitage patterns, raw materials, and tool types recovered from multiple features.
- Learn about groundstone implements, netsinkers, teshoas, atlatl weights, and other craft objects found in different features.
- Understand how dating (including radiocarbon context) and feature associations support a Late Woodland occupation at the site.
Ideal for readers of field reports and site-based archaeology who want concrete, data-driven glimpses into how excavations inform interpretation of past lifeways at a regional scale.