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Mounds, Plazas, and Palisades: Geophysical Survey on Mississippian Village Sites in the Tennessee River Valley

Sarah Lowry - Trowel Blazer Lecture Series

Nearly a thousand years ago, Cox Mound, Bell Site, Hiwassee Island, Ledford Island, Long Island, and Bussell Island were all complex villages including combinations of mounds, plazas, palisades, ditches, and houses. The damming of the Tennessee River dramatically changed the landscape where these sites were located, and these villages are now under rivers and agricultural fields sitting on lands owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Archaeological investigations using geophysical tools have helped us to understand this rich archaeological record and shown just how much more we have to learn.

Sarah Lowry is Director of Geophysics and an archaeologist at New South Associates, Inc.

Thursday, September 19, 2019 11:00am - 12:00pm

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She Changed the World and Trowel Blazers: Women Making History

She Changed the WorldThe year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage. As part of a national campaign to commemorate this historic event, North Carolina’s Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR) is coordinating a campaign titled “She Changed the World: NC Women Breaking Barriers” through November 2020. Our goal is to share and celebrate the achievements of ALL North Carolina women and illuminate North Carolinian women's pivotal role in breaking down barriers in our state and the nation. In honor of this campaign, the OSA will be highlighting the accomplishments of North Carolina women past and present whose lives have been revealed through archaeology and those who have influenced the development and future of our field through the “Trowel Blazers: Women Making History” initiative.

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Lowry LectureSeriesFlyer

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Thu, Sep 19, 2019, 3:00pm
Online Access:
https://youtu.be/43vLo0eRqg4
Organizer:
Office of State Archaeology Lecture Series

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North Carolina Office of State Archaeology

109 E. Jones Street 
Raleigh
, N.C. 27601

4619 Mail Service Center 
Raleigh
, N.C. 27699-4619

(919) 814-6550

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