

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: March 2026 Chapter Meeting
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 29 Mar, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: During our March Chapter meeting, we will be joined by archaeologist Dan Griffith, speaking about American Indian Towns of Sussex County, Delaware in the 17th Century. 

During the early 17th century, the land in what is known today as Sussex County was contested by competing English, Dutch and Swedish colonies as was well as sizable and influential communities of American Indians. Through archival and archaeological research, the location of significant American Indian towns has been located. This research is based on Captain John Smith's three-day voyage up the Nanticoke River in June 1608 as well as English and Dutch records of Indian communities in the Lewes area. Smith's map and writings showed three Indian towns: Nause, Nantiquack (now known as the Nanticoke) and Kuskarawaok or King's Town (where Indian leadership lived), highest up the Nanticoke River extending from the Chesapeake Bay. In the Lewes area, historic maps and accounts speak of the Siconese and their town of Checonesseck and extensive archaeological surveys have located relevant sites. 

During this time, Indian towns did not resemble European towns, but were more non-nucleated, dispersed settlements. Dwellings were spread across the land typically along rivers or bays accompanied by agricultural fields, trails and rivers creating an integrated cultural landscape. 

Determining present-day locations of these towns was the goal of this study, so much research was based on three elements: distance, bearing and direction on John Smith’s map of the Nanticoke River, maps of the Lewes area by the Dutch and English and, importantly, the location of Indian archaeological sites dating to the period just before and during the first decades of European exploration and settlement.
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- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Wye Mills
- **state**: MD
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Eastern Shore Higher Education Center
- **lat**: 38.954027781594
- **long**: -76.085238138119
- **full address**: Eastern Shore Higher Education Center, Wye Mills, Maryland, United States

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- **organizer**: Eastern Shore Maryland Archaeology (https://allevents.in/org/eastern-shore-maryland-archaeology/23639205)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 29 Mar, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Eastern Shore Higher Education Center, Wye Mills, Maryland, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Eastern Shore Maryland Archaeology
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** meetups, trips-adventures
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about March 2026 Chapter Meeting ?
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