Record #:

8450

Author(s):

McReynolds, Theresa E.

Abstract:

McReynolds investigates the distribution of 35,079 Archaic and Woodland projectile points recovered in the state. The distribution of the points by cultural period and region indicates that the Piedmont was more heavily exploited throughout prehistory than the mountains or coastal plain. The distribution also reveals specific preferences for materials in making the points.

Source:

North Carolina Archaeology (NoCar E 78 S55 S6), Vol. 54 Issue , Oct 2005, p1-33, il, map, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina Antiquities; Projectile points--North Carolina

Record #:

8451

Author(s):

Loftfield, Thomas C.

Abstract:

On May 29, 1664, colonists arrived in what is now Brunswick County to establish a town. Most of the arrivals were English. They chose a site on a low knoll at the mouth of Town Creek, a large tributary of the Lower Cape Fear River. Considerations in selecting this site would have included navigation, anchorage, defense, and centrality of position within the colony. The settlement was intended to be an agricultural one. By the fall of 1667, the colony was abandoned. Forces far removed from the colony contributed to its decline, including failure to obtain essential patents and charters from the king and lords proprietors, England�s war with Holland, and internal squabbles among the colony�s backers. Loftfield discusses what excavations reveal about the colony.

Source:

North Carolina Archaeology (NoCar E 78 S55 S6), Vol. 54 Issue , Oct 2005, p36-48, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Historic sites--Brunswick County

Record #:

35210

Author(s):

Beaman, Thomas E., Jr.

Abstract:

This article’s discussion of cultural behaviors of smoking in Southeastern NC Colonial society and culture built from articles written about fifteen excavations between the 1960s to the present. Discussion of the recent excavation work at Brunswick Town focused on new discoveries of white clay pipe fragments uncovered. This encouraged a reevaluation starting in 1997 of earlier findings, done through the use of methods such as regression formulas and pipe stem dating.

Source:

North Carolina Archaeology (NoCar E 78 S55 S6), Vol. 54 Issue , Oct 2005, p49-99 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Ceramics--Colonial

Record #:

35211

Author(s):

Madsen, Andrew D.

Abstract:

Andrew Madsen's article chronicled the findings of “The Road to Hope” excavation at Hope Plantation in Bertie County, occupied during the nineteenth century by the David Stone family. Undertaken in 2001-2002 by Coastal Carolina Research Inc., this study sought to better comprehend slaves’ retention of African cultural beliefs and practices within the development of a North Carolinian Creolized culture. This goal was met through the examination of Colonoware ceramic fragments, which were also compared to recoveries from Virginia and South Carolina Plantation sites.

Source:

North Carolina Archaeology (NoCar E 78 S55 S6), Vol. 54 Issue , Oct 2005, p100-135 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Ceramics--Colonial