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How to Help Unearth the Forgotten Past
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In 1996, an archaeological study of Upper Creek and Warrior Fork in western North Carolina, identified 26 North Carolina Native American sites. As of 2009, almost half of those Native American sites were already covered by commercial development. These Spanish and Native American resources are unique and non-renewable.
As many as 100 to 200 additional historic sites are yet to be found. Each year, unique and important archaeological resources from the 16th and 17th centuries are lost to development in North Carolina’s Catawba and Yadkin river valleys.
Once lost, they are gone forever.
Join the Exploring Joara Foundation.
Help us unearth the forgotten past.
The Exploring Joara Foundation is committed to public archaeology and the study of Native American and Spanish settlements in the upper Catawba and Yadkin river valleys between 1450 and 1700.
The Exploring Joara Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization committed to a comprehensive regional public archaeology program in western North Carolina’s Catawba and Yadkin River valleys. The Exploring Joara Foundation offers lectures, work- shops, field trips, and opportunities for students, teachers, and the general public, to work with professional archaeologists and to contribute directly to the important archaeological work in this region.
The Exploring Joara Foundation is committed to public archaeology and the study of Native American and Spanish settlements in the upper Catawba and Yadkin river valleys between 1450 and 1700.
If you would like to volunteer to help at our 2010 Joara /
Fort San Juan Field Day (June 26, 2010) contact
David Moore (dmoore@warren-wilson.edu or
Mike Carpenter (mike2842@embarqmail.com).
Join Exploring Joara Foundation (EJF) as we seek to preserve and protect these irreplaceable sites. Rich in artifacts, these sites hold the secrets of our 16th-century Native American and Spanish heritage.