Wolfe's Neck Site is an

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located near

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. The early occupation of the site was apparently a small seasonal camp. The later occupation may have been a more permanent village. Excavations conducted by the Section of Archaeology, Division of Historic & Cultural Affairs, in 1975 at one of the hillside

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produced a dated sequence of ceramics from 500 B.C. to 330 A.D. It was added to the

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in 1978.

References

Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Geography of Sussex County, Delaware Lewes, Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Sussex County, Delaware {{Delaware-NRHP-stub