I Can't Find Native American Artifacts in Pelham, Can I?

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We proceed with our busy lives each day.  Pelhamites commute to and from New York City.  Pelhamites open businesses each day to welcome friends and neighbors into their shops.  Moms and Dads of our little Town escort youngsters to and from our local schools.  Yes, our lives are busy.  Lives were busy in Pelham one thousand years ago (and before) as well.  

Is there any evidence of those busy Native American lives readily apparent to us today?  Is it really possible to observe evidence of early Pelhamites from many hundreds or thousands of years ago as we go about our daily lives?  

Yes.

Only recently the Principal of a local Pelham elementary school was surprised when a passerby stopped by the Principal's office and presented a very large handful of Native American artifacts found nearby.

This author has reviewed hundreds of sources from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century describing Native American sites in our region.  One day, after reviewing such site locations, I told our son and daughter we needed to go to one of those local sites and find evidence of early Pelhamites. 

It took ten minutes.

Below is an image showing the obverse and reverse of a Pelham Native American blade we found almost immediately.  

Obverse and Reverse of Pelham Native American Blade Discovered

by Blake Bell, Jennifer Bell, and Brett Bell.  NOTE:  Click on Image to Enlarge.

I have had the good fortune of being a member of a number of email lists, Facebook Groups, and other online sources that permit me the opportunity to learn of numerous local Native American artifact discoveries.  There have been many in the last few years.  Actually, a surprising number.

I can't find Native American artifacts in Pelham, can I?  Yes, actually you can, no matter where you are or what you are doing in our little Town.

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