Topics Related to Public Archaeology
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!
June 28, 2018, 11:30am - 12:30pm
January Costa will discuss the work that she has accomplished in the past 10 years to create an archaeology program in Lincoln County, North Carolina.
October 27, 2018, 10am - 2pm
What is archaeology? It’s more than just digging in the dirt! Come out to “Public Archaeology Day” to talk with the experts and learn all about what we do.
April 28, 2018, 2pm
The North Carolina Office of State Archaeology will hold a Public Archaeology Day at the Wire Pasture Access of Lumber River State Park on Saturday, April 28, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Wire Pasture is located at 11765 US 74 Highway W, Maxton, N.C.
March 23, 2018, 1pm
Office of State Archaeology staff will join other DNCR departments for this event intended to promote and disseminate information on the benefits of formal and higher education among the Hispanic youth of North Carolina.More Information
March 1, 2018, 10am - 2pm
On March 1, OSA staff will present "Government to Government Collaboration: Protecting North Carolina’s Cultural Resources." On March 2, OSA staff will be available to provide information on our office at a booth.
March 6, 2018, 10am - 11am
Please join us as Michelle Michael, Senior Planner (Historic Preservation) for the Town of Wake Forest, discusses her experiences with historic preservation planning in North Carolina.
June 13, 2017, 11:30am - 12:30pm
The Ailey Young house was built in 1875 by Professor William G. Simmons of Wake Forest as a part of a group of tenant farm houses known as “Simmons Row.” After his death in 1895, his widow, Mary Elizabeth, sold the house to Ailey Young, a married African-American woman. Ailey and her husband, Henry, raised their 13 children in the house, including son Allen Young, founder of the first school for African-American children in Wake Forest. The house is also the oldest-known African-American house in Wake Forest.
April 29, 2017, 2pm
This workshop centers around history, preservation and archaeology at the Ailey Young House in Wake Forest, NC. The one-and-one-half story saddlebag house is a rare example of Reconstruction-era rental housing that was the childhood home of Allen Young, an important educator in the history of Wake Forest. It is the oldest known African American historic resource within Wake Forest.