Curriculum in Archaeology


News Reports on UNC Archaeology


Below is a list of published or broadcast news reports that mention UNC Archaeology or its faculty and students. The list goes back to 2001. Many of the recent articles can be found on the newspapers' or magazines' web sites, but direct links are not always provided here because such links tend to be unstable.

Date Newspaper/Magazine Title
9/14 Carolina Arts & Sciences Unearthing History, Here and Abroad
9-10/14 Carolina Alumni Review At Home With the Presidents
8/31/14 Chapel Hill News Archaeologists unearth Chapel Hill's past
8/26/14 News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Under a Chapel Hill driveway, the university of the past emerges
8/25/14 Daily Tar Heel Driveway dig uncovers UNC history, remnants of 19th century home
8/25/14 TWC News Archaeologists Uncover Artifacts in UNC System President's Driveway
8/24/14 Chapel Hill News Archaeologists hit pay dirt
8/22/14 Chapelboro.com Former UNC President’s House Unearthed
8/22/14 Herald-Sun (Durham, NC) UNC-Chapel Hill experts, students unlock history of historic home
8/22/14 WNCN-TV News Artifacts Unearthed at UNC's Chancellor's House
8/22/14 University Gazette Striking archaeological pay dirt at the UNC president’s house
8/9/14 Huffington Post Elephant Mosaic In 5th Century Synagogue Uncovered
8/7/14 Greek Reporter Ancient Greek City Discovered in Crete
8/5/14 University Gazette Archaeological collection at UNC is 8 million artifacts strong
7/26/14 News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) In Ancient Land, UNC-Led Teams Unearth Ancient History
7/15/2014 WUNC-FM NC Archaeologist Has Find-Of-A-Lifetime, 3 Years In A Row
9/12/2013 Endeavors More than Mosaics
8/31/13 Huffington Post Ancient Samson Mosaic Uncovered In Israeli Synagogue
Winter 12 Endeavors Trampled Underfoot
12/14/11 University Gazette What Lies Beneath the Ivory Tower
12/4/11 Chapel Hill News Finding History Down the Drain
11/28/11 WUNC-FM UNC Stumbles on Buried 19th Century Building
11/21/11 Daily Tar Heel UNC Excavation Reveals Buildings Under McCorkle Place
5/26/10 University Gazette For archaeologist Steve Davis, digging into history began at an early age
9/9/09 Talequah Daily Press (Okla.) Cherokee Holiday Wrapup
Winter 09 Endeavors Let the Water Flow
01/13/2009 News 14 Carolina (TV video) Local site provides look back through time
01/12/09 SalisburyPost.com Ancient Carolinians left their mark: Badin exhibit tells the story
01/08/09 SalisburyPost.com The Wooden Stone hosts reception for John Morehead Friday
12/31/08 The Stanly News and Press Local museum to display rare Native American artifacts exhibit
10/07/08 Daily Tar Heel Lecture marks debut of archaeology major
06/22/08 News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Archaeologists dig up story of 18th-century intrigues
06/22/08 Charlotte Observer Their dig is going to town
Spring 08 Carolina Arts and Sciences Digging Deep
Spring 08 Carolina Arts and Sciences Mysteries of the Olmec
Spring 08 Carolina Arts and Sciences She Digs Teaching Archaeology of Ancient World
Mar-Apr 08 Archaeology Magazine Do Civilizations Really Collapse?
Winter 08 Endeavors Where the Trail Has Led
Fall 07 Carolina Arts and Sciences Archaelogical Dig Confirms Lost Catawba Indian Village
Aug 07 Our State No Place Like Home
Oct 07 Smithsonian Down to Earth (featuring former student Amber VanDerwarker)
6/24/07 The Herald (Rock Hill, SC) Progress uncovers history
6/24/07 The Herald (Rock Hill, SC) Artifacts from 350-year-old village found at York County site
6/23/07 The Herald (Rock Hill, SC) Passion for digging up past starts early for local student
6/21/07 News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Orange Loses Voting Site
3/19/07 The Herald (Rock Hill, SC) Dig was good idea
3/11/07 The Herald (Rock Hill, SC) The future: What's next at Kanawha?
3/11/07 The Herald (Rock Hill, SC) Ancient Catawba village could cover 10 acres of riverside site
3/11/07 The Herald (Rock Hill, SC) What came before: Anger, frustration over the lack of a thorough survey
Spring 07 Endeavors Sorcerer, Seer, Psychopomp
Spring 07 American Archaeology Examining a Mysterious Mound-Building Culture
Winter 06 American Archaeology In Search of the Lost Colony
11/17/06 Stanly News & Press Artifacts from the Ancients
11/17/06 News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Dig Into the State's Past
Fall 2006 Carolina Arts and Sciences Digging It
10/15/06 News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Web lets UNC prof do armchair archaeology
10/7/06 News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Natives Cleared Trees too, Study Says
9/17/06 The Herald (Rock Hill, SC) Catawbas angered over museum letter
9/17/06 The Herald (Rock Hill, SC) Protecting Bluff Site
9/10/06 The Herald (Rock Hill, SC) Museum sells land with Indian relics
9/10/06 The Herald (Rock Hill, SC) What scholars think could be on site
7/19/06 University Gazette (UNC-CH) Undergraduates lend hand at home of UNC founder
6/21/06 Charlotte Observer Finding a forgotten Founding Father
6/14/06 United Press International UNC founder's home found in South Carolina
Mar-Apr 06 The Angolite (Angola, LA) Unlikely Treasures
4/06/06 Durham Herald Sun Early American Indians is topic
3/27/06 The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) Panel to discuss Angola’s history before prison
3/8/06 University Gazette (UNC-CH) Inaugural archaeology lecture to be given March 21
1/23/06 National Geographic News Dig Adds to Cherokee "Trail of Tears" History
1/12/06 Exploring North Carolina (WUNC-TV) 10,000 Years Before Contact
1/12/06 Exploring North Carolina (WUNC-TV) Man and Mammoth in the Carolinas
11/14/05 National Geographic News Excavated Village Unlocks Mystery of Tribe's Economy
10/16/05 News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Dig uncovers past of Cherokee in North Carolina
10/9/05 Durham Herald Sun Alcoa donates artifacts to UNC
10/9/05 Chapel Hill News Alcoa donates outreach grant, artifacts, to UNC
Oct 05 The Yadkin Report Alcoa Donates Historic Hardaway Artifacts to The University of North Carolina
10/4/05 North Carolina Now (WUNC-TV) Alcoa donates artifacts to UNC
10/4/05 Triangle Business Journal Alcoa donates 1.3M artifacts to UNC
10/4/05 Daily Tar Heel Alcoa donates artifacts to UNC research laboratories
10/4/05 Stanly News & Press Hardaway Legacy, More than a Million Native Artifacts Donated to UNC
10/4/05 Salisbury Post Alcoa donates Ice Age-era artifacts to UNC
10/3/05 Businesswire Alcoa Donates Artifacts, Outreach Grant to UNC-Chapel Hill
Fall 05 American Archaeology The World in a Whelk Shell
Spring 05 American Archaeology New Revelations at Moundville
4/19/05 News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Anthropologist to Speak at Library
3/29/05 Daily Tar Heel Archaeologists unearth pieces of UNC history
3/16/05 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Burial return plan is flawed
3/7/05 National Geographic News Ancient Artifacts Found on North Carolina Campus
Winter 05 American Archaeology Celebrating 25 years of preservation
1/22/05 Chapel Hill News Shadows from the past
1/22/05 Chapel Hill News Construction uncovers old foundation
Winter 04 Endeavors By the Dead Sea
11/22/04 News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Routine dig uncovers treasures from past
11/17/04 Washington Post Bill Would Redefine Indian Tribe: Kennewick Man's Fate in the Balance
Nov 04 Carolina Alumni Review Timelines: What We Leave Behind
11/7/04 Chapel Hill News Digging through layers of history
11/3/04 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Federal panel to revisit artifacts dispute
10/6/04 National Public Radio The Search for the First Americans (Vin Steponaitis one of three guests interviewed on the program "The Connection")
9/1/04 Daily Tar Heel Founder's home to be excavated
8/1/04 News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Dig Finds Evidence of Spanish Fort
7/30/04 Kinston Free Press U.N.C. archaeologists locate S.C. home of war hero
7/26/04 News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) William Davie's Tivoli Unearthed
4/6/04 San Marcos Daily Record Native American Iconography Too Often Misunderstood
Mar 04 Carolina Alumni Review State's Ancient Treasures Come to Light - After 60 Years
Spring 04 The New Southern View Emerald Mound: A Window on the Past
1/8/04 Durham Herald-Sun Archaeology Collection Closer to Home
12/10/03 University Gazette Grant Secures New Home for North Carolina's Largest Archaeological Collection
12/15/03 News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) N.C. History Finds a Home
12/02/03 Daily Tar Heel Artifacts to Find Fixed Home
9/03 Blue & White (UNC-CH) Uncovering A Nation
Fall 03 Endeavors (UNC-CH) The Patriots
8/31/03 Fayetteville Observer Pieces of the Past
7/16/03 University Gazette Dig Unearths Remnants of Catawba Culture
7/17/03 The Herald (Rock Hill, SC) Catawba artifacts unearthed
7/15/03 The Herald (Rock Hill, SC) 250-year-old Catawba artifacts unearthed
7/11/03 The Herald (Rock Hill, SC) Shards of pottery, tools found in Lancaster County
6/30/03 Science Daily Archaeologists, Students at UNC Painstakingly Dig, Discover Two Settlements Key in US History
6/27/03 News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Two Catawba Settlements Found
6/27/03 Durham Herald-Sun Catawba Site Reveals Lot More Than History
5/25/03 News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) New Views of North Carolina
Spring 03 Endeavors (UNC-CH) Cherokee Trails
Spring 03 The Fountain (UNC-CH) Building Native American Scholarship and Community One Piece at a Time
4/20/03 Chapel Hill Herald Museum directors say Iraqi artifacts should have been protected
3/25/03 Chapel Hill News Playing with Switches and Sticks
Winter 03 Endeavors (UNC-CH) Cherokee Ceramics--the Old Way
10/9/02 University Gazette Haggis Leads Team that Discovers Lost City
9/23/02 The News & Observer UNC Team Excavates Lost Greek City
9/19/02 Kinston Free Press Bone Fragments, Pottery Found
Fall 02 American Archaeology Learning About Louisiana's First Mound Builders
9/02 Archaeology Cherokee Holy of Holies
7/22/02 News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Looters Steal Pieces of N.C. History
6/20/02 Chapel Hill News Students Dig Hillsborough Archaeology
3/4/02 Durham Herald-Sun UNC Professor Discusses Finer Points of Archaeology
2/24/02 Durham Herald-Sun Archaeologist Digs Working in Southeast
11/27/01 News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Preserving Tribal History
7/18/01 University Gazette (UNC-CH) Digging Up the Distant Past in Hillsborough
6/21/01 Durham Herald-Sun UNC Class Exhumes Indian Grave
6/21/01 Chapel Hill Herald Purification Ceremony (picture and caption)
4/8/01 News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Alabama Dig Seeks Clues to Fall of Native American City