NJ Pine Barrens Maritime-Culture-Landscape 1 1 2024

Native Americans Trails Across the Pinelands National Reserve: Delaware River to Atlantic Ocean
The Lenape practiced tree girdling and slash-andburn
techniques to clear land to raise corn,
squash, beans, rice, sunflowers, cranberries,
blueberries, and tobacco; many of these were
domesticated by the Indians and later adopted
by the Europeans.
Agrarian Settlement
Moved on Local Pine Barren Waters in
Canoes
The Indians not only provided the first
Europeans with proof of fertile soil, but their
trails provided travel routes. As white
settlements increased, however, the Indians
were perceived as a growing obstacle.
Dorthey Cross
NJ State
Archeologist
1930’s
Rancocas Pathways 130