Excavating Occaneechi Town

Posted January 6th, 2010 by Admin | Print This Post

Archaeology of an Eighteenth-Century Indian Village in North Carolina

Mécou Wítahe. Ein Yukéwa Yapóske Amañishuké . . .

["Welcome, friends. A long time ago, the hilly land . . ." This is a phrase in the Tutelo-Saponi dialect of the Yésah language, the only surviving dialect of the northern-eastern Siouan peoples.]

You can learn more about archaeology and participate in the online excavation of an old Indian Village in North Carolina.

Check out historical maps online to see where different societies were living in the Southeastern United States.
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