Students, professors and Exploring Joara Foundation board members walk around the site of a Native American structure at the Berry site in Burke County.
BILLY CHAPMAN, RECORD
Exploring Joara Foundation board member Rob Hooks holds out a piece of Native American pottery found at the Berry site in Burke County.
Burn markings uncovered at a Native American structure site show where pillars in the structure were burned.
Michael Regehr, a participant in the Exploring Joara field school at the Berry site, holds out a nail that was found around the remains of a Native American structure at the Berry Site. The nail is believed to be from the period when the Spanish established a fort at Joara.
Two decades before English settlers attempted to establish a settlement off the coast of North Carolina, Spanish explorers were moving through the southeastern United States with the hopes of finding gold and silver.
“You have demonstrated resilience, determination, kindness, and a commitment to one another."
Students, professors and Exploring Joara Foundation board members walk around the site of a Native American structure at the Berry site in Burke County.
Michael Regehr, a participant in the Exploring Joara field school at the Berry site, holds out a nail that was found around the remains of a Native American structure at the Berry Site. The nail is believed to be from the period when the Spanish established a fort at Joara.
