Time Before History

Time Before History

Author: H. Trawick Ward

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9780807847800

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Describes the state's prehistory and archaeological discoveries


The Prehistory of North Carolina

The Prehistory of North Carolina

Author: David Sutton Phelps

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13:

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Surveys the archaeology of North Carolina's three major regions--the Coastal Plain, the Piedmont, and the Mountains. Discusses the history of archaeological research in the state and suggests future directions of study. Contributors include archaeologists Joffre L. Coe, David S. Phelps, Burton L. Purrington, and H. Trawick Ward.


Carolina's Historical Landscapes

Carolina's Historical Landscapes

Author: Linda France Stine

Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780870499760

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Featuring contributions by leading scholars, this book goes beyond conventional archaeological studies by placing the description and interpretation of specific sites in the wider context of the landscape that connects them to one another.


Highland Heritage

Highland Heritage

Author: Celeste Ray

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2015-12-01

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1469625806

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Each year, tens of thousands of people flock to Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina, and to more than two hundred other locations across the country to attend Scottish Highland Games and Gatherings. There, kilt-wearing participants compete in athletics, Highland dancing, and bagpiping, while others join clan societies in celebration of a Scottish heritage. As Celeste Ray notes, however, the Scottish affiliation that Americans claim today is a Highland Gaelic identity that did not come to characterize that nation until long after the ancestors of many Scottish Americans had left Scotland. Ray explores how Highland Scottish themes and lore merge with southern regional myths and identities to produce a unique style of commemoration and a complex sense of identity for Scottish Americans in the South. Blending the objectivity of the anthropologist with respect for the people she studies, she asks how and why we use memories of our ancestral pasts to provide a sense of identity and community in the present. In so doing, she offers an original and insightful examination of what it means to be Scottish in America.


The Years Without Summer

The Years Without Summer

Author: Joel Gunn

Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13:

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Tree-rings worldwide and other evidence record an almost catastrophic change in the environment during the middle years of the 6th century AD. This supports the writings of Cassiodorus in Roman Italy and other writers across the world who all documented darkness, drought and cold at this time; in AD 541 hunger, disease and warfare killed much of Europe's population. This collection of 16 essays shows how a worldwide event leaves evidence in the archaeological record and examines what actually happened and the dramatic political, economic, climactic and environmental repurcussions across Europe, America and Africa.


North Carolina Through Four Centuries

North Carolina Through Four Centuries

Author: William S. Powell

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2010-01-20

Total Pages: 671

ISBN-13: 0807898988

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This successor to the classic Lefler-Newsome North Carolina: The History of a Southern State, published in 1954, presents a fresh survey history that includes the contemporary scene. Drawing upon recent scholarship, the advice of specialists, and his own knowledge, Powell has created a splendid narrative that makes North Carolina history accessible to both students and general readers. For years to come, this will be the standard college text and an essential reference for home and office.


The Geology of the Carolinas

The Geology of the Carolinas

Author: J. Wright Horton

Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 9780870496622

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To celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, the Carolina Geological Society invited forty-three authors to contribute to the creation of The Geology of the Carolinas. The only comprehensive, modern treatment of the subject, the volume has been prepared for a diverse readership ranging from undergraduate students to specialists in the fields of geology and related earth sciences. Following the editors' general introduction are chapters on Precambrian and Paleozoic metamorphic and igneous rocks of the Appalachian Blue Ridge and Piedmont; rocks of early Mesozoic rift basins, formed just before the opening of the Atlantic Ocean; Cretaceous and Tertiary sedimentary deposits of the Atlantic Coastal Plain; Quaternary geology and geomorphology; Cenozoic tectonism, including evidence for the recurrence of large earthquakes near Charleston; and an overview of mineral resources in the Carolinas. The book includes an index of field guides produced by the society and a thorough bibliography. By introducing exciting new concepts and focusing on challenging problems on the frontiers of research, this authoritative book will stimulate research in the years to come. The Editors: J. Wright Horton, Jr., is a research geologist for the United States Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia. Victor A. Zullo is a professor of geology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.