Our Experience
NORTH CAROLINA
Within the past several years, JRIA has successfully completed several cultural resource management projects in eastern North Carolina, including Phase I reconnaissance surveys and more intensive Phase II archaeological investigations. As a result, we have developed a solid working relationship with the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology; we are familiar with the wide variety of archaeological resources that are characteristic of this region, including sites associated with prehistoric Native American, colonial, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century occupations; and we have considerable experience using available archival resources to prepare detailed prehistoric and historic contexts and summaries of previous archaeological research.
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Dare County 2009
JRIA has been contracted by the First Colony Foundation to conduct an intensive survey of the woods around the Thomas Hariot Nature Trail to locate any archaeological sites in the area and to determine the nature and extent of a buried land surface dating to the 16th-18th centuries. Previous archaeological work along the Thomas Hariot Nature Trail has found evidence of Native American use, a site likely associated with the 1585 Lane Colony sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh, and a scatter of 18th-century artifacts.
Bal Gra Harbor Tract, Bertie County, 2007-2008
JRIA conducted a Phase I survey of 1000 acres and Phase II surveys of several Native American and historic sites. Major findings were the discovery of a large Middle Woodland site and and a major 18th-century plantation that likely is related to the Pollock family.
Eaton's Ferry Tract, Warren County, 2007
JRIA conducted a Phase I cultural resources survey of approximately 86 acres near Eaton's Ferry in 2007 on behalf of Kerr Environmental Services Corporation. The survey resulted in the identification of 19 sites. JRIA then conducted Phase II boundary determinations for two of the sites, 44WR0214 and 44WR0216 so that they could be avoided by development.
Williams Tract, Warren County, 2007
JRIA conducted a Phase I cultural resources survey of approximately 108 acres and an entrance road corridor in 2007 on the behalf of Kerr Environmental Services Corporation. No significant archaeological sites were encountered during the investigation.
Harvey Point Defense Training Activity, Perquimans County, 2005-2006
JRIA conducted a Phase I cultural resources survey of approximately 114 acres at Harvey Point Defense Training Activity in 2005 on behalf of Michael Baker Jr., Inc. and the federal facility. This survey resulted in the identification of 18 archaeological sites. JRIA subsequently conducted a Phase II archaeological evaluation of Site 44PQ0137, a late nineteenth-/early twentieth-century domestic site in 2006.