1971 Summer Archaeological Investigation, Halifax, North Carolina

Author(s): Stephen Israel

Year: 1971

Summary

The North Carolina Department of Archives and History research and development plans for Historic Halifax involved archaeological survey of newly acquired Historic Halifax lands in 1971.The Department carried out archeological investigations in the summer of 1971, in Historic Halifax on property formerly owned by Mr. F. H. Gregory, located south of the Andrew Jackson Elementary School and east of Joe Jone's lot. A recent find of the Plan of the Town of Halifx, by Mrs. Margaret Hofmann, indicated that the 1971 investigation was carried out in the eighteenth century town lots 64, 65, 66, 67 and 68, Seven weeks were spent·; in the field, the first three of which were spent examining a wooded bluff above the Roanoke River. Four test trenches five feet wide were dug transversing the hundred foot wide bluff (TT-A, TT-B, TT-C, and TT-D) •. All four test trenches were dug north-south across the promontory,

Cite this Record

1971 Summer Archaeological Investigation, Halifax, North Carolina. Stephen Israel. Raleigh, NC: University of North Carolina. 1971 ( tDAR id: 197680) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8Q81F7G

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Keywords

Culture
Historic • Prehistoric

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone

Site Type
Archaeological Feature

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Heritage Management • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing

Geographic Keywords
37083 (Fips Code) • Atlantic Coastal Plain • Halifax • Halifax (County) • North America (Continent) • North Carolina (State / Territory) • Roanoke River Basin • United States of America (Country)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -78.007; min lat: 36.004 ; max long: -77.23; max lat: 36.512 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): North Carolina Office of State Archaeology

Sponsor(s): North Carolina Department of Archives and History

Prepared By(s): North Carolina Department of Archives and History

Submitted To(s): North Carolina Department of Archives and History

Record Identifiers

NADB document id number(s): 425453

NADB citation id number(s): 000000063417

Notes

General Note: The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. The attached digital file was scanned from a copy at the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It was uploaded to tDAR with support from the North Carolina Archaeological Council, and is managed by the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology. Please contact the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology (contact below) for access to this digital file.

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