The Hunterdon County Historical Society has an extensive collection of
Native American artifacts collected by Hiram Edmund Deats (1870-1973).
Deats, the son of a wealthy industrialist, was a true 19th-century
antiquarian. He collected stamps, books, and artifacts. His collection
of Native American artifacts contains a large amount of material from
New Jersey as well as artifacts from other states, including Ohio,
Florida, and Tennessee. There are also artifacts from Denmark and
France as well as ethnographic pieces from the Pacific Northwest and
Alaska. The collection is important not just for what it reveals about
New Jersey prehistory but for the insights it can provide into the
activities of collectors and amateur scientists during the 19th and
early 20th centuries.
This blog shares the results of research by Monmouth University students
enrolled in a course titled New Jersey Prehistory (AN/HS 398/598).
Students enrolled in the course worked on cataloging the collection and
analyzed select groups of artifacts. The project began the spring of
2013 under the direction of Professor Richard Veit. It is is an ongoing
project and will be updated as more artifacts are analyzed. Feel free
to contact Richard Veit, rveit@monmouth.edu for more information. For
information about the Hunterdon County Historical Society use this link Hunterdon County Historical Society.
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