lancaster

Bucks County

Site Name:

Playwicki Farm, 36BU173

Borough, Township:

Lower Southampton Township

Author:

Michael Stewart (http:/www. temple.edu/anthro/stewart>)

Representing:

Department of Anthropology,
Temple University.

Date of Site:

Historic Native American
circa 1700-1737

Project Sponsor:

Temple University, Lower Southampton
Township

Brief Description: The Playwicki Farm Site is a multi-component, stratified locality. The most obvious and latest deposits represent an Indian community of the early 18th century, post-dating initial European contact in the Delaware Valley by nearly 100 years.

Deposits are assumed to represent the Lenape or Delaware Indians, the historically recognized inhabitants of the region. The site includes the remains of three wooden structures. Two of these are circular, nearly 40 feet in diameter, and employ wooden posts placed in a shallow wall trench. This type of native architecture has not been documented previously in the Delaware Valley.

Associated artifacts are predominantly of native manufacture; European-made goods are rare. As a native community surviving in the midst of colonial settlements, Playwicki Farm has much to reveal about Native relationships with colonists and the resiliency of Lenape culture.

Bucks County
Site Name:	Playwicki Farm, 36BU173
Borough, Township:	Lower Southampton Township
Author:	Michael Stewart (http:/www. temple.edu/anthro/stewart>)
Representing:	Department of Anthropology, Temple University.
Date of Site:	Historic Native American circa 1700-1737
Project Sponsor:	Temple University, Lower Southampton Township
Brief Description: The Playwicki Farm Site is a multi-component, stratified locality. The most obvious and latest deposits represent an Indian community of the early 18th century, post-dating initial European contact in the Delaware Valley by nearly 100 years. Deposits are assumed to represent the Lenape or Delaware Indians, the historically recognized inhabitants of the region. The site includes the remains of three wooden structures. Two of these are circular, nearly 40 feet in diameter, and employ wooden posts placed in a shallow wall trench. This type of native architecture has not been documented previously in the Delaware Valley. Associated artifacts are predominantly of native manufacture; European-made goods are rare. As a native community surviving in the midst of colonial settlements, Playwicki Farm has much to reveal about Native relationships with colonists and the resiliency of Lenape culture.