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Archaeology and Culture History of North Carolina
The short video segments below are from the PBS series Exploring North Carolina episodes “Man and Mammoth,” “10,000 Years Before Contact,” and “The First Lost Colony.” Exploring North Carolina is an original production by UNC-TV, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, and DTS Software, Inc. Funding was provided by the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust.
Executive Director of the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs Greg
Richardson explains that American Indians have lived and thrived in North
Carolina for more than 10,000 years.
Billy Oliver of the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology discusses
the significance of archeological research at the Hardaway, Doerschuk, and
Lowder's Ferry sites.
Exploring North Carolina host Tom Earnhardt describes competing theories
regarding the transcontinental movements of the earliest American Indians.
Archaeologist Steve Davis of the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill discusses the potential for pre-Clovis settlement in eastern North America.
Archaeologist Steve Davis of the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill summarizes what life was like for people living in North Carolina during
the Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian Periods.
Archaeologist Randy Daniel of East Carolina University discusses the
distribution of Paleoindian sites and the implications of sea level change
for Paleoindian research.
Archaeologist Randy Daniel of East Carolina University discusses the
findings of excavations at the Barber Creek site, and how they relate to
North Carolina culture history.
Archaeologist David Moore of Warren Wilson College discusses the findings
of excavations at the Warren Wilson site, and how they relate to North
Carolina culture history.
Archaeologist Chester DePratter of the South Carolina Institute of
Archaeology and Anthropology describes early Spanish travels in the Southeast
and explains how Spanish documents can be used to find archaeological sites.
Archaeologist David Moore of Warren Wilson College summarizes the evidence
for identifying the Berry site as the location of the Spanish Fort San Juan.
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