Herbert Kraft

Background

Kraft was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1927.

Education

He graduated from Seton Hall University in 1950 and finished his graduate work at Seton Hall in 1961 and at Hunter College in 1969, with degrees in history and anthropology respectively.

Career

He wrote numerous books about archaeology in New Jersey, the Lenape and the Paleo-indians of New Jersey, as well as over 170 articles in his career. Kraft later became a professor of anthropology at Seton Hall. He died in 2000.

Works

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  • A Delaware Indian Symposium

    (A collection of papers from a symposium on historical and...)

  • The Lenape or Delaware Indians: The Original People of New Jersey, Southeastern New York State, Eastern Pennsylvania, northern Delaware and parts of western Connecticut

    (This authoritative and informative book is for 3rd and 4t...)

  • The Lenape: Archaeology, History, and Ethnography

    (Book by Kraft, Herbert C.)

  • The Dutch, the Indians & the Quest for Copper: Pahaquarry & the Old Mine Road

    (Dutch colonial history)

  • Lenape or Delaware Indians: The Original People of New Jersey, Southeastern New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, Northern Delaware and Parts of Western Co
  • The Miller Field site, Warren County, N.J.;: A study in prehistoric archaeology Part 1 The Archaic and Transitional Stages
  • A Delaware Indian Symposium
  • The Miller Field Site Warren County, NJ; A Study in Prehistoric Archaeology; Part I: The Archaic and Transitional Stages
  • The Plenge site: A Paleo-Indian occupation site in New Jersey : preliminary report