Collection:
Archaeology Connecticut
Title:
Oronoque Shell Heap, Muskrat Hill Village
Date:
ND
Scope & Content:
Typewritten notes regarding Indian villlage sites in Stratford, Connecticut.
Oronoque shell heap and Indian village site:
Theres was an old abandoned Indian fort there when the first white settlers arrived. It is said to have been used by the Paugusett Indians.
Muskrat Hill site: About 1920 workmen digging into a sand pit started to unocver fire pits and Indian burials. Mr. Coffin went to the site and recovered "two-thirds of a large, beautiful Iroquois bowl. Mr. Coffin discovered a ceremonial animal burial pit just east of where several Indian burials had been found.
3 pages
Oronoque shell heap and Indian village site:
Theres was an old abandoned Indian fort there when the first white settlers arrived. It is said to have been used by the Paugusett Indians.
Muskrat Hill site: About 1920 workmen digging into a sand pit started to unocver fire pits and Indian burials. Mr. Coffin went to the site and recovered "two-thirds of a large, beautiful Iroquois bowl. Mr. Coffin discovered a ceremonial animal burial pit just east of where several Indian burials had been found.
3 pages
Object ID:
DOC.ND01396
Object Name:
Notes
People:
Coffin
Search Terms:
archaeology
Stratford
Oronoque
shell heap
Muskrat Hill
burial grounds
Paugusset
Iroquois
Stratford
Oronoque
shell heap
Muskrat Hill
burial grounds
Paugusset
Iroquois