Record #:

12178

Author(s):

Threewitts, George A.

Abstract:

Gordon Watts and William Still developed and direct East Carolina University's graduate program in Maritime History and Underwater Research. The program teaches students about ships and shipbuilding techniques, about historical maritime activities and about how to locate and examine historical shipwrecks and underwater artifacts.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 41 Issue 9, Sept 1983, p48-50, il

Subject(s):

Underwater archaeology

Record #:

12380

Author(s):

Threewitts, George A.

Abstract:

Archaeologists from East Carolina University and the National Park Service are conducting the most extensive search ever undertaken for new traces of colonists and Native Americans on Roanoke Island. They seek to find the site of the first English colony as well as sites of major Native American villages.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 42 Issue 10, Oct 1984, p24-25, 50-51, il

Subject(s):

Archaeology--Roanoke Island

Record #:

25352

Author(s):

Threewitts, George A.

Abstract:

In an effort to better educate American students on the traditions of Islam, Professor Kenneth Wilburn’s Middle East history class video links to the same class at Sharjah Women’s College in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Source:

East: the Magazine of East Carolina University (NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 1 Issue 1, Summer 2002, p20-21, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

East Carolina University; Cultural relations

Record #:

25358

Author(s):

Threewitts, George A.

Abstract:

ECU anthropology students are uncovering evidence of human life from more than 11,000 years ago near Barber Creek. The field school is led by Dr. Randy Daniel, an ECU archaeologist.

Source:

East: the Magazine of East Carolina University (NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 1 Issue 2, Fall 2002, p18-19, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

East Carolina University; Archaeology--North Carolina Coastal Plain; Pitt County

Record #:

25368

Author(s):

Threewitts, George A.

Abstract:

At the age of 82, Beatrice Lillico Sheppard has become one of the oldest students ever to be fully immersed in a degree program at ECU. She has traveled extensively, is a great-grandmother, and a WWII veteran.

Source:

East: the Magazine of East Carolina University (NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 1 Issue 3, Winter 2003, p38, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

East Carolina University; Veterans