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A Master's Thesis written by Roger Kirchen which considers the
technological implications of the presence of small, contracting stemmed
points in the Early Woodland of North Carolina's northwest piedmont.
Regional data are presented which demonstrate the persistence of the
stemmed point tradition into the Woodland period and suggest a single
inter-regional point type. It is suggested that these points may have
been incorporated into an emerging bow and arrow technology. The reasons
as to why the bow and arrow was differentially accepted at this early date
are explored through a consideration of economic optimization and the
social organization of hunting.
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- Report of exploratory excavations of the Mill and Tannery at
Historic Bethabara Park, the site of the first Moravian settlement dating
to 1753, located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
The goals of the research were to locate existing structures at these
sites, attempt to determine their
extent and form, correlate archeological evidence recovered with colonial
maps and other historical
records pertaining to the sites, evaluate the findings of previous
archeological research at these sites,
and to assess the archeological resources present in these areas with
regard to their potential for
productive archeological research in the future. Excavation focused on a
row of log cabins which housed refugees during the French and Indian War.
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- Compliance project conducted for the City/County Utilities Commission
of Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA. Results of Phase I and II survey
and testing of a buried early Woodland site on a remnant terrace of the
Yadkin River. Yadkin series ceramics and small stemmed points comprise
the majority of artifact assemblage.
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An examination of the roles of ideology and archeology in the creation
of a historical recontruction at Historic Bethabara Park, Forsyth
County, North Carolina. U.S.A. Paper presented at the 1998 Society for
Historical Archaeology Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
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- Excavations at 31Fy549, an early Woodland site in the western
Piedmont of NC, provide a rare glimpse
at this elusive period in prehistory. This undisturbed, arguably
single-component upland site has produced the oldest dated ceramic
assemblage in the area and a variety of stemmed and triangular points.
This paper addresses the role of this site in a local and regional
chronological and social context.
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- Archeological assessment of a proposed residential development in Bethania,
a registered Historic District in Forsyth County, North Carolina. Bethania,
settled in the mid-18th century, was a rural satellite community for the Moravian
settlers of the Piedmont. Includes the investigation of the architectural and
archeological remains of a 19th century farmhouse. Report prepared for Kenabeck
Builders and the City/County Planning Board of Forsyth County, NC.
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- Excavation at the site of one of the first Moravian structures to be built at
Bethabara in Forsyth County, NC. Investigated and prepared for Historic Bethabara
Park in preparation for reconstruction of the original buildings.
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- Investigations of mid-18th century Moravian cemeteries including the Dobb's
Parish Cemetery and the Stranger's Graveyard. Investigated and prepared
for Historic
Bethabara Park in Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA.
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- An Archaic Period site investigated on behalf of the Winston-Salem,
Forsyth County Utilities Commission in North Carolina, USA.
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- A late-Woodland floodplain site on the Yadkin River excavated
for the town of Ronda, Wilkes County, NC, USA.
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- Investigations of historic and prehistoric (early Archaic to late
Woodland) sites within the boundaries of the proposed expansion of the
White Street Landfill in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA for HDR
Engineering, Inc., Charlotte, NC, USA.
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