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Trade artifacts excavated at Kuskuskies Town in Lawrence County, PA.
Credit: State Museum of Pennsylvania
These strings of glass beads, silver ornament with an engraved deer, and fire starter set consisting of an English flint and iron striker, were all collected at the Kuskuskies Town site in Lawrence County, PA, during a 1960 archaeological investigation. They illustrate the Delaware (Lenape) Indians' dependence on trade during the 1700s.