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...one of the chief trees or posts at the right side of the entrance had the bark taken off, and 5 feet from the ground in fair capital letters was graven CROATOAN...  --John White, August 18,1590
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In Search of the First Colony
New PBS Series Time Team America Debuts with Dig on Roanoke Island
First Colony Foundation Archaeologists Participate in International Conference
June 30, 2010
Eric Klingelhofer and Bly Straube attended the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology conference held in Newfoundland.
Report Released on Recent Underwater Archaeology at Roanoke Island
June 24, 2010
The Institute for International Maritime Research has released a report detailing its archaeological work at Roanoke Island in May
Archaeologists Work in Water and on Land at Roanoke Island
June 15, 2010
First Colony Foundation's May 2010 archaeological research at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site has been completed.
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