Topics Related to Office of State Archaeology
April 25, 2019, 11am - 12pm
An interdisciplinary team of students and faculty from ECU investigate diverse maritime cultural sites on the coast that represent a preservation risk.
March 28, 2019, 11am - 12pm
Dr. Briggs will speak about how archaeologists have traditionally used Mississippian societies to model the start of socially complex organizations.
January 31, 2019, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Hear State Archaeologist John Mintz discuss the past, present, and future of archaeology in NC and the OSA's role in preserving our cultural heritage.
November 3, 2018, 10am - 2pm
See archaeologists in action as we look for evidence of the original Halifax Courthouse. Learn about modern excavation techniques and discover what it means to be an archaeologist!
September 27, 2018, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Shane will speak about his ongoing research on one of North Carolina’s most important prehistoric resources.
October 23, 2018, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Mr. Hughes investigates Moravian culture through local pottery production at the 18th-century town of Salem in the piedmont of colonial North Carolina.
October 17, 2018, 11:30pm - October 18, 2018, 12:30am
Dive into inter-agency partnerships to discover, research, and protect the hallmarks of North Carolina’s maritime cultural heritage: shipwrecks.
October 4, 2018, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Mr. McKee will discuss how natural and artificial changes to the Cape Fear River affects the archaeology of one of NC’s oldest ports, Brunswick Town.
October 12, 2018, 7pm - 8:30pm
Dr. Moore examines the changing paleo-environments of the Southeastern Coastal Plain and the ways humans adapted to their shifting world millennia ago.
August 30, 2018, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Dr. Carnes-McNaughton discusses research at the Overhills Estate, a lavish vacation home and hunt club for the Rockefeller family.