Ed Lenik's new book: "Ramapough Lenape Heritage"

The North Jersey Highlands Historical Society is pleased to announce publication of:

RAMAPOUGH LENAPE HERITAGE:

ARCHAEOLOGY, HISTORY & CULTURE:

10,500 B. C. TO THE PRESENT

BY EDWARD J. LENIK

With the publication of his fourth book on the Ramapough Lenape people of northern New Jersey and southeastern New York, archaeologist Edward J. Lenik celebrates a half century of research and investigation. Ramapough Lenape Heritage focuses on the archaeological evidence of continuous indigenous occupation Lenik and others have uncovered from early 20th century explorations by amateur archaeologists to the careful, scientific excavations and analyses of the late 20th and early 21st century professionals like himself. Much of the material in this book can be found only in cultural resource studies filed in New York and New Jersey state repositories.

The Stag Run Village site, the Trading Post site, the Sheffield Farm House site, the Indian Field Village site, Mountainside Farm and numerous open air campsites, workshops, lithic scatter and quarry sites are discussed. The mysterious Prehistoric Walls site in Sloatsburg, NY is presented in detail with new insights. Halifax or Green Mountain Valley in Mahwah, NJ is examined both archaeologically and historically using census data to identify some of its former occupants.

The 280-page book, printed in color, features13 tables and 128 illustrations including photographs, maps, field sketches and drawings.

Ramapough Lenape Heritage can be purchased for $20 from the North Jersey Highlands Historical Society Bookshop at Ringwood Manor State Park or can be ordered by sending a check for $20 plus $4 shipping and handling to North Jersey Highland Historical Society (NJHHS) at P.O. Box 248, Ringwood, NJ 07456.

Lenik’s 3 previous volumes are also available:
$10  Indians in the Ramapos. Survival, Persistence and Presence (1999)
$20  Ramapough Mountain Indians: People, Places and Cultural Traditions (2011)
$20  Keepers of the Pass, The Ramapough Lenape Indians (2016)

BOOK SIGNING  at the Ringwood Manor Coffee Shop

Saturday October 26, 2019

1 pm to 4 pm

Ringwood State Park

Ringwood, NJ

The North Jersey Highlands Historical Society (NJHHS), a Ringwood Manor State Park friends group, invites you to a book signing to announce the publication of a new book by author and archaeologist Edward J. Lenik.

Stop in and help us celebrate half a century of archaeological research by Ed Lenik.
The Coffee Shop is located opposite the Park Office at Ringwood Manor State Park, 1304 Sloatsburg Rd, Ringwood, NJ 07456