Pre-colonial population Colonial history of New Jersey
a wave of migrants entered region west sometime after 13,000 years ago, , left behind advanced hunting implements such bows , arrows , evidence of agricultural society. region has been continually inhabited time. @ time of european colonialization, area of lenape settlement, called scheyichbi (see: unami language), encompassed valleys of lower hudson river , delaware river, , area in between, known u.s. state of new jersey; exonyms given different groups colonolizing population taken geographic names of native american settlements included hackensack tribe, tappan tribe, , acquackanonk tribe in northeast, raritan tribe, , navesink tribe in center.
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