Graduated from City University, in 1977 and

Ph.D. in 1978.

• Throughout Ceci's research, she debunked archaeological myths and discovered new evidence concerning the Native Americans of Long Island and New England.

• Based on her excavations of a handful of sites on Long Island,Ceci found evidence revealing that the domestication of animals and the cultivation of corn did not occur until the arrival of the Dutch.

• Ceci also discovered evidence revealing that the Canarsee as well as the Long Island Native Americans still relied on hunting and gathering for the majority of their subsistence.

source: Lynn Ceci

Historical archaeology at the 1661 John Bowne House, Flushing, New York ,Technical report: The origins of wampum among the Seneca Iroquois.