Sifting for spear points, shards of the past
MAXTON — John Fulwood, the coastal region superintendent for North Carolina State Parks, stood behind the sifting screen, ready for the first shovel full of dirt from a new surface excavation site in the green meadow.A dozen people, including members and volunteers with the Office of State Archaeology in Raleigh and N.C. State Parks personnel, were digging and sifting through soil to unearth relics of the past, such as stone spear points and jagged shards of brick, clay, […]
