Topics Related to Archaeology Month

Join Melissa Timo, Historic Cemetery Specialist, as she discusses cemetery traditions along the NC coast from the 18th through early 20th centuries.

Learn about resources and programs for exploring and preserving family history. Presentation Topics include historic cemetery care, locating abandoned grave sites, using land records, maps and mapping tools, African American genealogy, Rosenwald schools, and Family quilt stories and preservation.Welcome and Keynote lecture presented by OSA Historic Cemetery Specialist Melissa Timo.This event is hosted by the Lincoln County Public Library.Lincoln Cultural Center403 E Main StreetLincolnton, NC 28092

Queen Anne's Revenge project archaeologists and conservators will be the STEM Expo with activities and information. Stop by and see them!

Staff from the Queen Anne's Revenge Conservation Lab will be at the 19th Annual KidsFest Spooktacular with interactive activities and lots of information about underwater archaeology and archaeological conservation! The mission of KidsFest Spooktacular is to educate and empower families, caregivers, and organizations with the resources and information necessary to ensure that every child in our community enters kindergarten ready to succeed. Additionally, to provide the community with a fun, hands-on event with the opportunity to showcase kid-friendly costumes.

NC Office of State Archaeology and Underwater Archaeology Branch staff will have a booth at the festival. Stop by to learn about what we do and how to get involved!

In this presentation, Dr. Daniel will define archaeological stewardship, discuss why it is important, and encourage its continued development in North Carolina

Mary Beth Fitts and Allyson Ropp discuss how the Shorescape and Coastal Historic Cemetery Survey Projects document places impacted by 2018 hurricanes.

Hear how maritime archaeologists and technology discovered three shipwrecks that give us greater insight into World War II’s Battle of the Atlantic.

Archaeology as a field has changed and evolved over the last century, as has the experience of women in this once male-dominated field.

Mr. Hughes investigates Moravian culture through local pottery production at the 18th-century town of Salem in the piedmont of colonial North Carolina.