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Category: 32. Archaeological studies of Robeson County
and other pertinent areas
KNIC002. Knick, Stanley. Robeson
Crossroads archaeological survey: phase II testing in Robeson County.
Pembroke, NC: Native American Resource Center, Pembroke State University,
1993. 56 pages.
24 references; several diagrams of sites; 4 appendices
Publication type: Unpublished report
Access: This report can be purchased for $10.60 plus $3.00
for shipping and handling (make check payable to Native American Resource
Center). Mail payment to: Native American Resource Center, UNC-Pembroke,
PO Box 1510 UNCP, Pembroke, NC 28372-1510. See the Native American Resource
Center's publications
list.
Using funding from the North Carolina Division
of Archives and History, the National Park Service, and the Native American
Resource Center, Knick and others (see Acknowledgments) conducted intensive
tests on 15 high-potential archaeological sites in Robeson County. These
sites were selected from the 314 sites identified by the Phase I archaeological
reconnaissance Knick conducted in 1987-88.
The major objectives of this Phase II testing were (1)
to determine whether the sites warranted further research and (2) to assess
their eligibility for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places
(see Appendix IV). The reconnaissance had used surface collection of artifacts
to identify sites. Phase II used 1' square shovel tests (18"-36") at 25'
intervals and soil auguring (1' deep, at 5' intervals, in blocks 25 feet
square). For each site, Knick provides a chart showing the scale outline
of the site, the shovel test and soil auger points, and (where possible),
the area of greatest density of surface artifacts. He also provides a narrative
discussion of the nature of the site and the variety of artifacts discovered,
such as pottery shards, lead balls, implements, projectile points, and
flakes indicating tool manufacture and/or maintenance.
Knick then surveys the uses and periods of occupation
of the site, as well as whether it does or does not warrant further research.
One site showed very high research potential, two high, three moderate,
and the rest low. No conclusive evidence was found concerning the linguistic
affiliation of pre-contact Native Americans in the county (p. 50). The
site which was judged to have very high research potential was suspected
to be a constructed burial ground (p. 41).
Additional subjects: Burial mounds | Pottery | Language |
Tribal origin
This annotation was edited on: July 9, 2002
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