Plate III: Rockshelters at Shorakapkok — Bolton (1922)

Photograph of rock shelters used by the Lenape at the Inwood village site of Shorakapkok (Station 16, Map V). These natural overhangs in the Manhattan schist provided shelter for indigenous peoples for thousands of years. Artifacts found here date back to the Archaic period. Photograph by W. L. Calver.

Date: c.1920 Location: Inwood, Manhattan Type: photograph Subjects: rock shelters, trees, branches, rocky outcropping Text visible in image: PL. III ROCKSHELTERS AT SHORAKAPKOK. (STATION 16, MAP V) Photograph by W. L. Calver

Source: Bolton, Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis (1922), Plate III License: Public domain

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