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

• Main Author: Krause, Mary Glenn
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries 2020
• Subjects: Human-animal relationships; North Carolina; Animal remains Archaeology; Dogs; Indians of North America; Gaston; Canis lupus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17615/vzx9-aa81; https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/concern/honors_theses/8623j3761

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...