# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Smoking Gun? New Radiocarbon Dates and Hunting Practices Linking Hatteras Island to Fort Raleigh
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for the March 2026 installment of the "Science on the Sound" Lecture Series at the Coastal Studies Institute on the ECU Outer Banks Campus. This monthly, in-person lecture series brings perspectives from all over the state and highlights coastal topics in northeastern North Carolina. This month, Beth K. Scaffidi, Assistant Professor of Anthropology & Heritage Studies, Director of the Skeletal & Environmental Isotope Laboratory (SEIL), Scott Dawson, Director of the Croatoan Archaeological Society and Mark Horton, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research & Enterprise and Professor of Historical Archeology at the Royal Agricultural University of England will present, "The Smoking Gun?: New Radiocarbon Dates and Hunting Practices Linking Hatteras Island to Fort Raleigh in the Sixteenth Century". The program will take place at 6 PM on March 26, 2026.

Building on pioneering research by David Phelps and predecessors, over the last decade, excavations of the Croatoan Archaeological Society and the University of Bristol have uncovered tantalizing evidence of mixed Elizabethan-Algonquian material culture at sites on Hatteras Island. This evidence strongly suggests Hatteras was the location where at least some of the “lost” colonists re-settled when they went missing between 1587 and 1590. These objects have been cautiously interpreted, however, since European objects may have been traded long after those who originally brought them to the Carolina coast had passed away. Here we summarize past findings and describe the clearest evidence to date that the 1587 colonists were present on Hatteras Island: biogeochemical, radiocarbon, osteological, and metalwork evidence that demonstrate the presence of late sixteenth century firearms and hunting practices on Croatoan land.

Beth K. Scaffidi is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology & Heritage Studies, Director of the Skeletal & Environmental Isotope Laboratory (SEIL), and Co-Director of various archaeological field research programs in Peru. She uses bioarchaeological isotopes, palaeopathology and spatial analysis to investigate how interactions between ritual, landscapes and resources co-constitute human and environmental health.

Scott Dawson is a local historian, Director of the Croatoan Archaeological Society, and Owner/Curator of the Lost Colony Museum in Buxton. He has been co-directing archaeological excavation of Cape Hatteras sites with Dr. Horton and CAS volunteers for over a decade.

Mark Horton is the Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research & Enterprise and Professor of Historical Archeology at the Royal Agricultural University of England. He specializes in landscape archeology and archaeological science methods as applied to maritime and Colonial contexts around the globe and emphasizes public outreach and conservation of material culture.

The program is free and the public is encouraged to attend. 

The program will also be livestreamed for those who cannot attend in person.

Livestream Link: https://youtube.com/live/mHwzNHBVNh4
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wanchese/the-smoking-gun-new-radiocarbon-dates-and-hunting-practices-linking-hatteras-island-to-fort-raleigh/200029763299835
- **Event Categories**: health-wellness, virtual
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 25

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Wanchese
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 850 NC Highway 345, Wanchese, NC, United States, North Carolina 27981
- **lat**: 35.85938
- **long**: -75.64685
- **full address**: 850 NC Highway 345, Wanchese, NC, United States, North Carolina 27981

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The Smoking Gun? New Radiocarbon Dates and Hunting Practices Linking Hatteras Island to Fort Raleigh being held?
  - **A:** The Smoking Gun? New Radiocarbon Dates and Hunting Practices Linking Hatteras Island to Fort Raleigh takes place on Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm at 850 NC Highway 345, Wanchese, NC, United States, North Carolina 27981.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The Smoking Gun? New Radiocarbon Dates and Hunting Practices Linking Hatteras Island to Fort Raleigh?
  - **A:** The Smoking Gun? New Radiocarbon Dates and Hunting Practices Linking Hatteras Island to Fort Raleigh is organized by Coastal Studies Institute.

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