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28553
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Archaeologists are exploring a sunken blockade runner off the North Carolina coast near the Cape Fear River. The wreck was confirmed as the Scottish-built Agnes E. Frye, one of three sidewheel steamers bested by Union forces during the Civil War.
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27835
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Archaeological excavation and research of the Tildon Easton pottery site in Alexandria, Virginia has enhanced the knowledge base in earthenware and stoneware through much of the nineteenth century. Research also provides evidence of competition for the Wilkes Street pottery, and a better understanding of the industry’s economics and operation in the eastern region.
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Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts
(NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 21 Issue 2, Winter 1995,
p41-82, il, map, bibl, f
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25869
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Archaelogist Monika Truemper has been studying Greek toilets and bath houses to learn about bathing culture. According to Truemper, architectural remains reveal much information about the purposes of bath houses and challenges of keeping them running.
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24936
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Matt Saunders has been going to Belize for years. He regularly brings high school students with him and with their help has found many priceless Mayan archaeological treasures. From Mayan inkwells to rings with new Mayan words that were previously unknown.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 18 Issue 12, December 2013,
p78-85, il, por, map
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37381
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A self-described “treasure hunter” has a collection that has made Washington a site for discovering and rediscovering treasure and treasured possessions. Pictures of his unburied treasure included a Spanish silver real coin from the 18th century and an epaulette from the 19th century. Proving treasure doesn’t have to be relic aged was a class ring, belonging to a soldier deployed in Iraq, who recovered his ring as a result of local Junius Swain’s discovery.
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Washington the Magazine
(NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 8 Issue 3, May/June 2019,
p40-43
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30568
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Archaeology, Predictive Models, Computer Systems, SPSS, State Computer Center, Land Resource Information Service, New Hanover County
Abstract: Archaeologists attempt to predict site locations by developing statistical models. New Hanover County is used as a test case with goals to establish a statewide comprehensive inventory system for archaeological resources.
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Carolina Comments
(NoCar F 251 C38), Vol. 26 Issue 6, Nov 1978,
p145-150, il, map
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23719
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George Stuart is a dedicated archaeologist and shares his life experiences, what led him to choose his career path, and his excitement when working with Mayan artifacts.
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WNC Magazine
(NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 2 Issue 1, January/February 2008,
p74-81, il, por
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25606
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Dr. Ashley White, East Carolina class of 1986, has traveled the world in search of archaeological sites, but his greatest achievement has occurred right in his own backyard. After a series of storms caused erosion on his family’s farm in Ocala, Florida, White discovered pottery and coins that point to occupation by conquistador Hernando de Soto.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 12 Issue 1, Fall 2013,
p46
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36579
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A house restored to its former glory has been home in many ways since its construction by Peter Demens, co-founder of St. Petersburg, Florida. Illustrations of its illustrious history: stop-off in the social scene of the 1890s and 1910s; site for the Ida Jolly Crawley Museum of Art and Archaeology, Asheville’s first public museum.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 12 Issue 10, October 2015,
p120
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41170
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An account of the seven steps involved in the conservation of items from Blackbeard’s flagship includes information for people interested in becoming conservators.
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QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE (Ship); Blackbeard, circa 1680-1718; Blackbeard--see also Edward Teach; Shipwrecks; Shipwrecks--Conservation; Archaeology; Archaeology---Techniques; Archaeological conservation--shipwrecks; QAR Conservation Lab; East Carolina University--Queen Anne's Revenge Lab; Conservation--artifacts
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27266
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The Duke immersive Virtual Environment, or DiVE, is a cyber-archaeology project funded by the Brazilian government and made for education and research, in collaboration with archaeologists at the University of São Paulo. The goal is for archaeologists to be able to experience a site without going there, and to have the ability to compare side-by-side different stages in an expedition.
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13516
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Six rocks in North Carolina contain petroglyphs and may be the remnants of a vanished race.
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A 90-foot-high rock formation at Cliffs of the Neuse State Park near Goldsboro contains the strata of 180 million years of geological history.
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843
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Excavation sites of Indian burial grounds dot the central and eastern North Carolina landscape.
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19209
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Beneath the tilled farmland of North Carolina lies the secrets of a Native American civilization in the area long before the arrival of the British. With the help of modern archaeologists, researchers are finding clues to these Carolina Indian villages.
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