Via Kimberly
Through the gates and down a winding dirt road by the 1824 Foscue Plantation House near here, student archeologists are digging squares and sifting sand to discover more about our colonial past.
Wednesday brought one of the “eureka” moments to many hours of often boring work.
Under the watchful eye of East Carolina University archeology and anthropology graduate student Amanda Keeney, Craven Community College student Wendy Bennett found a button and a broken piece of pottery with the watermark still visible.
The dig at the back of the 1,300-acre plantation fronting U.S. 17 about 10 miles east of New Bern and backing up to the Trent River is in its fifth year, said Caroline Parham-Ramsey, archeology professor at CCC.
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