Early Seafaring Evidence

Although there have been 12 (or more) paleolithic projectile points found on the surface of Long Island, New York (attached to NYC at the former "Yeoman" county Nassau) they have not yet been found in a strata. However, one projectile point type, Squibnocket, (and others?) are found on Long Island and on Martha's Vineyard (named by Sir Gilbert, the first 16th century European settler, in Newfoundland, who also named Cape Cod and the island Martha's Vineyard, etc.) in dated stratified deposits to the Late Archaic Period around 4000 B.C. in the Northeast, when the sea began flooding various river valleys. (Jennings, 1978) They have been identified as a maritime culture. The surveyor of Martha's Vineyard, Mr. Luce, settled on the shore of Long Island, near the Suffolk County seat, Riverhead, once "New Suffolk".