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Town Creek minor temple

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Creator
David Walbert
Date created
November 6, 2007
Location
North Carolina
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  • Grand visions, rough realities: The development of colonial North Carolina: Colonial North Carolina from the establishment of the Carolina in 1663 to the eve of the American Revolution in 1763. Compares the original vision for the colony with the way it actually developed. Covers the people who settled North Carolina; the growth of institutions, trade, and slavery; the impact of colonization on American Indians; and significant events such as Culpeper's Rebellion, the Tuscarora War, and the French and Indian Wars. (Page 4.2)

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Minor temple at Town Creek Indian Mound.

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At Town Creek Indian Mound, a recreation of the town’s minor temple has been built on the site of the original, across the plaza from the major temple. The rectangular temple had a thatch roof and walls made of wattle and daub — a wooden frame plastered with mud. A palisade of small logs surrounded the temple, which stood near the river. The minor temple housed ceremonial priests.