Reports Compiled as Part of the State Route 1 Construction
During a major construction project, an amazing amount of earth must be moved. But before that begins,
it is important to make sure that we are not about to destroy what could be an important part of our history.
Why is DelDOT involved? DelDOT frequently must
conduct archaeological digs in the areas in which it will be building roads. Some wondrous
artifacts have been found in numerous areas throughout the state. But more than that, we
have learned quite a bit about how the former residents of Delaware lived.
Below is a list of some of the Archaeology Reports that were compiled during the State Route 1 construction
project. We hope you find them as fascinating as we do.
| SR 1 Widening (SR 273 to Roth Bridge) |
| Drawyer Creek South Site |
| Locust Grove |
| Puncheon Run Project |
| The Hickory Bluff Project |
| The Place at Christeen |
State Route 1 Smyrna to Blackbird  |
| Pollack Site |
| Whitby Branch Site |
| Digging for Old Delaware |
| Farm and Rural Dwellings |
| Thomas Dawson Site |
| Augustine Creek |
| The Dawson Family Site (1740 - 1780) |
| Farm Life on the Appoquinimink, 1750-1830: Archaeological
Discoveries at the McKean-Cochran Farm Site, Odessa, New Castle County |
| The
Archaeology of Eighteenth-Century Delaware: Historic Context Development and Public Interpretation (Thomas Dawson Site) |
| Final Archaeological Investigations of the Route
7 South Corridor, Route 13 to I-95, New Castle County, Delaware |
| State Route 1 - North of Smyrna to H and H Corner North of Blackbird |
| 1986: A Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Planning
Study of the Proposed State Route 13 Relief Corridor, New Castle and Kent Counties, Delaware |
| 1990: Final Archaeological Investigations of the Lafferty
Lane Cemetery, 7K-D-11, State Route 1 Relief Corridor, Dover, Kent County, Delaware |
| 1991: Phase
II Archaeological Survey of All Historic Sites in the Early Action Segment of the State Route 1 Relief Route, Delaware |
| 1991: Phase I and II Archaeological Survey of
Kent Road 88 (Dover to Leipsic Road) and Kent Road 337 (Persimmon Tree Lane) Realignments,
and Final Archaeological Excavations at the W. Eager Site for the Delaware State
Route 1 - Relief Corridor, Dover, Kent County, Delaware |
| 1992: Final
Archaeological Investigations at the Darrach Store Site, Delaware Route 6 - Woodland
Beach Road, Smyrna Section, Delaware State Route 1 Corridor, Kent County, Delaware |
| 1994: Final Archaeological Investigations at Prehistoric Sites 7K-C-360 and Dover Downs (7K-C-365A and B), State Route 1 Corridor, Kent County, Delaware |
| 1994: Phase II Archaeological Excavation of All Prehistoric Sites in the Early Action Segment of the Delaware Route 1 Corridor, New Castle and Kent Counties, Delaware |
| 1994: Paleoenvironmental Studies off the Route 1 Corridor Contexts for Prehistoric Settlement New Castle and Kent Counties |
| 1995: Final
Archaeological Investigations at the Strickland Plantation Site (7K-AK-117), A Mid-Eighteenth
Century Farmstead, State Route 1 Corridor, Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware |
| 1995: Landowner
and Tenant Opportunity in Seventeenth Century Central Delaware: Final Archaeological
Investigations at the Richard Whitehart (7K-C-203C) and John Powell (7K-C-203H)
Plantations, State Route 1 Corridor, Kent County, Delaware |
| 1995: Final Archaeological Investigations at the Pollack
Prehistoric Site (7K-C-203), State Route 1 Corridor, Kent County, Delaware |
| 1995: Final
Archaeological Investigations at the Wrangle Hill Prehistoric Site (7NC-G-105), State
Route 1 Corridor, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Section, New Castle County, Delaware |
| 1995: Phase II Archaeological Investigations of the
Sarro Wetland Replacement Site, Kent County, Delaware |
| 1995: Phase I and II Archaeological Testing at the Lisbon Tract, Dover Air Force Base, State Route 1 Corridor, Kent County, Delaware |
| 1995:
Archaeological Investigations of the Scott's Run Project Area, the Route 72 / 13 Intersection Improvements Project Area, and the Woodville Grave Site (7NC-E-98A), State Route 1 Corridor, New Castle County, Delaware |
| 1996: Final
Archaeological Investigations at the Carey Farm (7K-D-3) and Island Farm (7K-C-13)
Sites, State Route 1 Corridor, Kent County, Delaware |
| 1997: Class and Social Identity in St. Georges Hundred: Data Recovery Excavations at Locust Grove (7NC-F-73), State Route 1 Corridor, New Castle County, Delaware |
| 1997: Management Report Phase I / II Investigations at the John Henry Site 7NC-J-223, SR1 Corridor, Pine Tree Corners, New Castle County, Delaware |
