The Indian Neck Ossuary: A Preliminary Report, Bradly et al 1982

• Main Authors: Bradley, James W., McManamon, Francis (Center for Digital Antiquity), Mahlstedt, Thomas F., Magennis, Ann L.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: the Digital Archaeological Record
• Subjects: Archaic; Late Archaic; Woodland; Early Woodland; Middle Woodland; Late Woodland; Historic; Euroamerican; Historic Native American; Archaeological Overview; Collections Research; Data Recovery / Excavation; Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis; Reconnaissance / Survey; Records Search / Inventory Checking; Research Design / Data Recovery Plan; Site Evaluation / Testing; Systematic Survey; Fort Hill, Eastham; High Head, North Truro; Indian Neck Ossuary; Nauset Harbor, Eastham; Wellfleet Tavern site; Great Island Tavern site; Settlements; Domestic Structures; Agricultural or Herding; Fish trap / weir; Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features; Ossuary; Palisade; Artifact Scatter; Hearth; Sheet midden; Trash midden; Refuse pit; Storage pit; Shell Midden; Ceramic; Chipped Stone; Dating Sample; Fauna; Fire Cracked Rock; Glass; Ground Stone; Human Remains; Metal; Shell; Indian; Weir; Archeological Survey
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.6067:XCV81N8058_meta$v=1312559996219

Late in the summer of 1979, human bones were unexpectedly uncovered during the construction of a septic system for summer cottages on Indian Neck, Wellfleet, Massachusetts. National Park Service archeologists, who were conducting a survey of the Cape Cod National Seashore, were contacted and the ske...