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Native
American Rockshelter
Jane Byers Bierhorst |
| The cottage rockshelter in Samsonville is one of several Native American sites in Olive. A natural chamber beneath an overhanging cliff, it was used by hunters as early as 2000 BC and possibly as late as AD1600. Stone blades, a pottery fragment, and several projectile points from the site can be seen in the Bishop Museum at the Olive Free Library. These include the Normanskill point and the Levanna point shown in the quilt square. The site is registered with the New York State Museum as Site 8111. | |