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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

PBS Time Team America premieres with Fort Raleigh July 8th

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Time Team America: Fort Raleigh

Monday July 6, 2009

This week, the much-anticipated Time Team America begins its premiere season on PBS, five weeks over the summer during which public television viewers will get a first-hand look at high-tech archaeology in the United States.

The first program, airing the evening of Wednesday July 8th (8 pm EDT, check local listings), features ongoing investigations at Fort Raleigh, North Carolina, the site of the first English colony in the American continents. The site is perhaps more famously known as the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island, and its legend about Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the Americas, and the mysterious disappearance of the colony has inspired untold numbers of American children into learning about the past.

Time Team and Fort Raleigh

Time Team America's hour long video on Fort Raleigh documents three days of excavations, assisted by geophysical survey. The test area is located at an area of the island that had been identified as containing historic artifacts of the right age about 10 years ago. Two large trenches are excavated over the three days in this area, opened using a backhoe to strip off the wind-blown sand believed to have been deposited on the area after the American Revolution. Backhoe stripping is a perfectly legitimate technique, which I suspect will surprise some viewers; its good and bad points aren't described here, but someday I might get to that.

Time Team America digging team leader Chelsea Rose and digging team member Jeff Brown carefully sift through the soil as they excavate at Fort Raleigh National Park on Roanoke Island. In addition to searching for artifacts, they are looking for subtle differences in soil texture that would indicate decayed wooden structures built by Roanoke’s legendary lost colonists. Photo by Crystal Street

Cont. here:

http://archaeology.about.com/b/2009/07/06/time-team-america-fort-raleigh.htm

Related:
http://the-lost-colony.blogspot.com/2009/07/why-time-team-went-to-roanoke.html

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Names used in the Lost Colony of Roanoke Project

Surname-Source

Allen -- Colonist roster
Alligood -- Families of Interest
Archard-- Colonist roster
Archard -- Families of Interest
Armstrong -- Families of Interest
Arthur -- Colonist roster
Austin -- Families of Interest
Bailie -- Colonist roster
Barber, Barbour -- Families of Interest
Barrow -- Families of Interest
Beasley -- Families of Interest
Bennet -- Colonist roster
Bennet -- Families of Interest
Berde -- Colonist roster
Berry -- Families of Interest
Berrye -- Colonist roster
Bishop -- Colonist roster
Blount -- Families of Interest
Borden -- Colonist roster
Boyd -- Families of Interest
Bragg -- Families of Interest
Bridger -- Colonist roster
Bridger -- Families of Interest
Bright -- Colonist roster
Bright -- Families of Interest
Brooke -- Colonist roster
Brooks -- Families of Interest
Browne -- Colonist roster
Bryant -- Families of Interest
Buck -- Families of Interest
Burden -- Colonist roster
Butler -- Colonist roster
Butler -- Families of Interest
Cage -- Colonist roster
Cahoon -- Families of Interest
Cain -- Families of Interest
Carawan -- Families of Interest
Caroon, Carron -- Families of Interest
Carrow -- Families of Interest
Chapman -- Colonist roster
Chapman -- Families of Interest
Chavis -- Families of Interest
Cherry -- Families of Interest
Cheven -- Colonist roster
Collins -- Families of Interest
Colman -- Colonist roster
Cooper -- Colonist roster
Cooper -- Families of Interest
Cotsmur -- Colonist roster
Cox -- Families of Interest
Crisp -- Families of Interest
Croom -- Families of Interest
Cuttler -- Families of Interest
Daniel -- Families of Interest
Dare -- Colonist roster
Darige -- Colonist roster
Darige -- Families of Interest
Dixon -- Families of Interest
Dorrell -- Colonist roster
Durrance -- Families of Interest
Durrant -- Families of Interest
Dutton -- Colonist roster
Earnest -- -- Colonist roster
Edwards -- Families of Interest
Elks -- Families of Interest
Ellis -- Colonist roster
Ellis -- Families of Interest
English -- Colonist roster
Evans --Families of Interest
Farre -- Colonist roster
Farrow -- Families of Interest
Fitspatric -- Families of Interest
Florrie -- Colonist roster
Forbs -- Families of Interest
Gaylord -- Families of Interest
Gibbes -- Colonist roster
Gibbs -- Families of Interest
Glane -- Colonist roster
Gramme -- Colonist roster
Griffin -- Families of Interest
Gurganus -- Families of Interest
Gurkin -- Families of Interest
Hardison -- Families of Interest
Harris -- Colonist roster
Harris -- Families of Interest
Harviem -- Colonist roster
Harvie -- Families of Interest
Harvye -- Colonist roster
Hassell --Families of Interest
Hawkins --Families of Interest
Hedgepath -- Families of Interest Hemmington -- Colonist roster
Hewet -- Colonist roster
Hill -- Families of Interest
Hodges -- Families of Interest
Howe -- Colonist roster
Hudson -- Families of Interest
Humfrey -- Colonist roster
Hynde -- Colonist roster
Jackson -- Families of Interest
Jennette --Families of Interest
Jerkins -- Families of Interest
Johnson -- Colonist roster
Johnson -- Families of Interest
Jones -- Colonist roster
Jones -- Families of Interest
Kemme -- Colonist roster
Keys -- Families of Interest
King -- Families of Interest
Lasie -- Colonist roster
Lathan -- Families of Interest
Lawrence -- Colonist roster
Leary -- Families of Interest
Little -- Colonist roster
Long -- Families of Interest
Lowery -- Families of Interest
Lucas -- Colonist roster
Lucus -- Families of Interest
Mackey -- Families of Interest
Mann -- Families of Interest
Mannering -- Colonist roster
Martyn -- Colonist roster
Mayo -- Families of Interest
McCoy -- Families of Interest
Merrimoth -- Colonist roster
Midgette -- Families of Interest
Moor -- Families of Interest
Mullins -- Families of Interest
Myllet -- Colonist roster
Mylton -- Colonist roster
Newton -- Colonist roster
Nicholas -- Families of Interest
Nicholes -- Colonist roster
Nicols -- Families of Interest
Norman -- Families of Interest
Padgett -- Families of Interest
Pain -- Families of Interest
Paramore -- Families of Interest
Patrick -- Families of Interest
Pattenson -- Colonist roster
Payne -- Colonist roster
Payne -- Families of Interest
Perry -- Families of Interest
Phevans -- Families of Interest
Phevens -- Colonist roster
Philpatrick -- Families of Interest
Pierce -- Colonist roster
Pierce -- Families of Interest
Pinkham -- Families of Interest
Pollock -- Families of Interest
Powell -- Colonist roster
Powell -- Families of Interest
Prat -- Colonist roster
Pugh -- Families of Interest
Respass -- Families of Interest
Ricks -- Families of Interest
Rollinson -- Families of Interest
Rufoote -- Colonist roster
Russell -- Families of Interest
Salter -- Families of Interest
Sampson -- Colonist roster
Sawer -- Families of Interest
Scot -- Colonist roster
Scot -- Families of Interest
Shaberdge -- Colonist roster
Shephard -- Families of Interest
Simmons -- Families of Interest
Smart -- -- Colonist roster
Smith -- Colonist roster
Smith -- Families of Interest
Smart -- Colonist roster
Sole -- Colonist roster
Sparrow -- Families of Interest
Spendlove -- Colonist roster
Spenser -- Families of Interest
Squires --Families of Interest
Starte -- Colonist roster
Stevens -- Colonist roster
Stevens -- Families of Interest
Stilman -- Colonist roster
Stilman -- Families of Interest
Sutton -- Colonist roster
Sutton -- Families of Interest
Swann -- Families of Interest
Tan -- Families of Interest
Tappan --Colonist roster
Tarkington -- Families of Interest
Taverner -- Colonist roster
Taylor -- Colonist roster
Tetterton -- Families of Interest
Thomas -- Families of Interest
Tom, Toms -- Families of Interest
Tomkins -- Colonist roster
Topan -- Colonist roster
Tuley -- Families of Interest
Turner -- Families of Interest
Tydway -- Colonist roster
Viccars -- Colonist roster
Viccars -- Families of Interest
Wahab -- Families of Interest
Wallis -- Families of Interest
Warner -- Colonist roster
Warren -- Colonist roster
Warren -- Families of Interest
Waters -- Colonist roster
Waters -- Families of Interest
Welch(s) -- Families of Interest
White -- Colonist roster
White -- Families of Interest
Wildye -- Colonist roster
Wilkinson -- Colonist roster
Willes -- Colonist roster
Williams -- Families of Interest
Wood -- Colonist roster
Woolard -- Families of Interest
Wotton -- Colonist roster
Wright -- Colonist roster
Wyles -- Colonist roster
Wyles -- Families of Interest
Wythers -- Colonist roster