Topics Related to Archaeology Month

Hidden Beneath the Waves: Exploring the Underwater Cultural Heritage of NC

Dive into inter-agency partnerships to discover, research, and protect the hallmarks of North Carolina’s maritime cultural heritage: shipwrecks.

Reach for the Channel: History and Archaeology of Channel Improvements on the Cape Fear River

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.

Early Human Life on the Southeastern Coastal Plain

Dr. Moore examines the changing paleo-environments of the Southeastern Coastal Plain and the ways humans adapted to their shifting world millennia ago.

Lithic Material Use in the Upper Yadkin River Valley and Its Implications for Southeastern Late Woodland Exchange Networks

Over the last several decades, archaeologists have become increasingly interested in a variety of cultural behaviors along the edges of the Mississippian world.

An Archaeologist’s View of Wachovia

Now approaching his 35th year of archaeological study of the Moravians of Wachovia, Dr. Hartley, Director of Archaeology at Old Salem Museums and Gardens, will talk about past, present and future historical archaeology there.