On July 21-22, a team undertook a remote sensing survey at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site in an effort to identify potential future excavation sites.
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Roanoke Island Archaeological Find Goes on Exhibition at Fort Raleigh
A copper necklace, uncovered in May 2008 by First Colony Foundation archaeologists working under an agreement with the National Park Service, will be placed on exhibition at the Lindsay Warren Visitor Center at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site near Manteo, North Carolina.
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PBS’ Time Team America to Debut July 8 with Dig on Roanoke Island
TIME TEAM AMERICA spends three days at Fort Raleigh in hot pursuit of archaeological evidence that will put the ghost of Roanoke to rest and establish where the first colony in America was actually located.
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Gordon Watts to lead underwater research team on an exploration of Roanoke Island’s Broad Creek in June 2009
Beginning June 15, Dr. Gordon P. Watts, Jr., Director of the International Institute of Maritime Research in Washington North Carolina and a founding First Colony Foundation Board Member, will lead his experienced team of underwater historians and archaeologists, including Roanoke Island research veterans Ray Hayes and Bill Utley, on a week long study of Broad Creek near Wanchese, North Carolina.
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Thomas Harriot 400th Conference Hears About First Colony Foundation Research
An international group of scholars and history buffs learned about English scientist Thomas Harriot’s participation in the first English colony at Roanoke Island from 1585-1586 when they attended a conference sponsored by East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences from April 1-4, 2009.
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