Opening from On This Site - Native Long Island

Duke Site

The Duke Site is associated with shell-midden archaeology near the Hands Creek and Ashawagh landscape. Public mapping gives only broad area context and does not identify shell midden locations, parcels, or routes. The discovery of an shell midden at the Duke Site near Hand's Creek provides tangible physical evidence of the deep Indigenous occupation surrounding the Ashawagh settlement. Unearthing these everyday material remains helps map the extensive ways Native communities historically utilized Long Island's coastal resources and preserves the physical footprint of their daily lives. The Duke Site is associated with shell-midden archaeology near the Hands Creek and Ashawagh landscape. Public mapping gives only broad area context and does not identify shell...