Joara Discussion in Hickory, NC.

David Moore, professor of archaeology at Warren Wilson College in Black Mountain, NC,  came to Hickory March 23, 2011, to talk about the excavation in progress at Joara (ge WAR ruh), which is near Hickory.

The talk took place at the Catawby Science Center near the "practice ruins" in the center which is used by children to learn archaeological concepts and begin developing the practice of those skills.

Joara was a Catawba Indian settlement which was occupied by Spanish expeditionary forces in the 1500's.  It has been largely "worked" by volunteers with grants from the National Science Foundation and other agencies.  People from around Hickory have volunteered to work at the mounds of Joara each summer and have learned and contributed to discoveries there.