Trade artifacts excavated at Kuskuskies Town in Lawrence County, PA.


Strings of glass beads, a silver ornament with an engraved deer, and a fire starter set consisting of an English flint and iron striker, illustrate the Delaware (Lenape) Indians' dependence on trade during the 1700s. These are among the many items collected at the Kuskuskies Town site, Lawrence County, during a 1960 archaeological investigation.
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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.

State Museum of Pennsylvania