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Balancing Acts : Public Access And Archaeology In The Cape Fear Civil War Shipwreck District
(East Carolina University, 2015)
During the American Civil War, Wilmington, North Carolina, served as an important blockade running center for the Confederacy. The Cape Fear region's high traffic and dangerous shoals resulted in the largest concentration ...
Isotopic Investigation Of The Origins Of Homicide Victims From Qasr Hallabat
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The issue of human mobility is of foremost interest in archaeology, as are the methods through which it is studied. Direct study of human remains for information on mobility during an individual's lifetime has become ...
An Archaeological Exploration of a Settlement at Dixie Plantation, Hollywood, SC
(East Carolina University, 2014)
The College of Charleston's Dixie Plantation in Hollywood, SC is located 19 miles west of the College of Charleston's main campus in downtown Charleston. Dixie Plantation was formerly an 18th and 19th century rice and ...
Exploring Quality of Life at Petra Through Paleopathology
(East Carolina University, 2014)
The ancient city of Petra, Jordan was home to the capital of the Nabataean kingdom from approximately the 3rd or 2nd century B.C. to 106 A.D. During the 1st century B.C. and A.D, Petra prospered as an urban trade center ...
LAKE PHELPS DUGOUT LOG CANOES: CONSERVATION, RETREATMENT, AND PUBLIC DISPLAY
(East Carolina University, 2016-03-17)
During the latter part of the 1980s, nearly thirty prehistoric dugout log canoes were discovered at Lake Phelps, in eastern North Carolina. Of those reported, four of these canoes were retrieved and conserved with a sugar ...
Reconstructing The Culture History Of The Multicomponent Site Squires Ridge (31Ed365) Within The Northern Coastal Plain Of North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Squires Ridge is a multicomponent, stratified site situated atop a relict sand dune in Eastern North Carolina. Previous research has emphasized site formation, delineation, and most recently occupation. The purpose of this ...
The Bay Of Storms And Tavern Of The Seas : Risk In The Maritime Cultural Landscape Of The Harbor At Cape Town, South Africa
(East Carolina University, 2015)
South Africa's connection with the sea is most prevalent in its founding harbor at Cape Town. Until the opening of the Suez Canal, the passage around the Cape of Good Hope via Table Bay represented the most important oceanic ...
Passengers, Packages, And Copper : The Steamer Pewabic, Its Archaeology, Management, Material Culture, And The Development Of The Keweenaw Peninsula
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Pewabic was a passenger/package freight propeller with multiple identities that will serve in this study to better understand the tourism explosion and the copper boom of the Great Lakes during the Civil War. The hybrid ...
The Casks from Vasa.
(East Carolina University, 2012)
When the warship Vasa was raised in 1961, wooden casks were found in nearly every area of the ship. Unfortunately, this important find category was not subject to detailed recording and study until now. This thesis explains ...
Archaeological Survey of Historic Bath : Locating the Early Eighteenth-Century Colonial Settlements in North Carolina's First Town
(East Carolina University, 2012)
Historic Bath was the first town to be incorporated in North Carolina. Following its incorporation on March 8, 1705, many individuals purchased property in the town, including a number of prominent figures who were ...