SRAC article published in Ancient American Magazine

Copies of the Ancient American magazine with Twigg’s article are available at the Susquehanna River Archaeological Center (SRAC) gift shop

(WAVERLY, NY) “Who were the people who lived in our region before the Iroquois?” This one question has driven The Susquehanna River Archaeological Center’s Deb Twigg for over a decade. First published in 2005 in the Pennsylvania Archaeologist scientific journal, Twigg continues her research that gives archaeologists and researchers new insights to our local prehistoric past. The latest article she has written has just been published in the “Ancient American” magazine, and relates to pottery found in a burial site in Athens, PA. According to Twigg, the article has spurred so much interest that she has also been invited to present at the New York State Archaeology Conference in Oneonta, NY in April.

“This area is really important and has many sites that hold the key to unlocking our understanding of the prehistoric people that lived here, and although people like Ellsworth Cowles and Louise Welles Murray wrote extensively on our sites in their lifetimes, I just felt that we have more questions to be answered and wanted to do my part.” Twigg continued,” The latest article centers on the Susquehannocks who lived here before the Iroquois and the pottery that was found in an ancient grave in Athens, PA. This pottery could in fact shed new light on who the Susquehannocks were and where they came from.” SRAC is also developing an extensive research library to make rare archaeology and historical resources available to other researchers interested in serious research concerning the region’s Native American past.

Copies of the Ancient American magazine with Twigg’s article are available at the Susquehanna River Archaeological Center (SRAC) gift shop at 345 Broad Street, Waverly, NY. photo caption: Twigg's article in the Ancient American magazine