Faithful unto Death: The Dog Burials of the Gaston Site in Halifax County, North Carolina

• Main Author: Krause, Mary Glenn
• Other Authors: College of Arts and Sciences, Lapham, Heather A.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Human-animal relationships; Indians of North America; Animal remains (Archaeology); Dogs; North Carolina; Mortuary Contexts; Archaeology; Zooarchaeology; Animal-Human Relations; Dog Burials; Native Americans; Historical Archaeology Collections; Gaston; Canis lupus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17615/vzx9-aa81; https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/mw22vb88d?file=thumbnail; https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/mw22vb88d

Excavated by prominent archaeologists Dr. Stanley South and Dr. Lewis Binford in 1955, the Gaston site in Halifax County continues to play an important role in the understanding of Native American lifeways 1,000 years ago in the North Carolina Piedmont. Excavations uncovered an unusually large numbe...