The site of a Confederate arsenal in Fayetteville, NC will soon become a Civil War museum and learning center. But before that happens, archaeologists combed through the remains of the arsenal to look for clues about what life was like working in the arsenal. The team of archaeologists enlisted the help of teachers and students in the process.
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Was Blackbeard the pirate a bookworm?
Archaeologists find book scraps on Blackbeard's ship.
Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic along the coast was the closest World War II got to the U.S. Archaeologists are documenting the wrecks of allied ships and German U-boats to study and preserve in photos and videos a part of the nation's history.
What’s My Story: Archaeologist
In middle school, David Moore read about mysterious giant stone heads on Easter Island and knew he wanted to have adventures with artifacts. Today, Moore practices archaeology with his students at Warren Wilson College as the lead researcher on the Berry Site where the Spanish explorers lost their claim on the Carolinas in a battle with the Cherokee.
Archaeology: The study of human behavior in the past, primarily through the careful recovery, dating, and analysis of the material culture and environmental clues.
Digging For History
In 1567, Spanish explorer Capt. Juan Pardo traveled the Indian trails to a town called Joara, in the NC foothills. He built a fort there. Indians later killed the soldiers and burned the fort. It was a mystery, until archaeologists found evidence of the fort while researching the village. The discovery confirms the first inland European settlement in the new world.
Big Thoughts from a Tiny Piece of Pottery
I was interviewing Dr. David Moore, the Warren Wilson College archaeology professor who is leading the dig at the site of Fort San Juan, when one of his students uncovered a piece of Spanish pottery.