by Amy Simpson | Sep 19, 2019 | Archaeology, Artifact, eyewear, glasses, NCDOT, North Carolina, Squirrel Creek, Uncategorized
Featured Fragment – Historic Eyewear By Kerry S. González We’ve decided to continue our series highlighting the artifacts recovered from the Trogdon-Squirrel Creek site in Randolph County, North Carolina for the month of September. On behalf of the North Carolina...
by Amy Simpson | Oct 19, 2018 | Archaeology, Artifact, NCDOT, Nineteenth Century, North Carolina, Squirrel Creek, Tools
A Wrought Iron Frog Gig Recovered in Randolph County, North Carolina By Kerry S. González People have been consuming frog legs for centuries. In 2013 National Geographic reported that 10,000-year-old cooked frog bones were found in England , long before the French...
by Amy Simpson | Sep 14, 2018 | Archaeology, Arrowhead, Arrowheads, Artifact, NCDOT, North Carolina, Paleoindian, Projectile Points, Stone
Making Stone Tools the Hardaway: A Paleoindian Artifact from the Graceland Site, Randolph County, North Carolina By Joe Blondino It’s no surprise that archaeologists like old things. That’s why we get particularly excited when we find artifacts dating to the...
by Amy Simpson | Jul 12, 2018 | Archaeology, Artifact, NCDOT, Nineteenth Century, North Carolina, Squirrel Creek, Stoneware
Turning and Burning: Locally Made Pottery from the Trogdon-Squirrel Creek Assemblage By D. Brad Hatch July continues our series of posts highlighting the artifacts recovered from the Trogdon-Squirrel Creek site (31Rd1426/1426**) in Randolph County, North Carolina....
by Amy Simpson | Jun 15, 2018 | Archaeology, Artifact, Consumption, Glass, Medical, Nineteenth Century, North Carolina, Squirrel Creek
Featured Fragment – Mexican Mustang Liniment for Man and Beast: Patent Medicines at the Squirrel Creek Site By Michelle C. Salvato This month we are once again returning to our series highlighting the artifacts recovered from the Trogdon-Squirrel Creek site...