Office of State Archaeology
Climate Change and Archaeological Sites
How can we save archaeological sites at risk due to climate change? The Office of State Archaeology and other state agencies are working to save our shared history!
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Cemeteries in North Carolina
The NC Office of State Archaeology’s Historic Cemetery Program has two objectives: research and assistance.
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Submerged NC
Access to the Atlantic Ocean, along with a vast network of more than 37,000 miles of rivers and inlets, has served the people of North Carolina for thousands of years. Join us as we explore these connections!
Dive In!
Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge
Learn more about the our efforts to raise Blackbeard's flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge, and to save the priceless artifacts it contains for future generations.
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Who We Are
The Office of State Archaeology (OSA) serves North Carolina’s citizens through programs that identify archaeological resources on land and beneath state waters. OSA archaeologists and staff are specialists with decades of academic training and practical experience, which we apply to gather and share knowledge about the vast time range -- more than 14,000 years -- of North Carolina’s historic experience.
We protect the state’s legacy of American Indian villages, colonial towns, farmsteads, and historic shipwrecks through application of state and federal archaeology laws and regulations, and by maintaining inventories of site data and artifact collections. OSA furnishes professional archaeology services to government agencies, museums, schools and the general public. Appreciation of our state’s cultural heritage enhances the social, educational, cultural and economic future of North Carolina.
