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Pottery from Town Creek: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 6; Figure 4 shows some examples of pots and pottery fragments found at Town Creek along with artifacts made of stone and shell about 1200 CE. This photograph was made of one of the displays in the Museum at the Town Creek State Historic Site in Montgomery County....; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Town Creek Indian Mound: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 5; The Town Creek Indian Mound has been one of the longest and most thoroughly investigated archeological sites in the state. Its owner, L. D. Frutchey, recognized it as a significant Indian construction in the early 1930s and showed the site to the head of the...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Town Creek burial house and major temple: This photograph, taken at Town Creek Indian Mound, shows recreations of the town burial house and major temple. The burial mound was a round, thatch-roof hut in which the Town Creek Indians buried their dead. In the background, the major temple sits atop the...; Format: image/photograph

Prairie outside Town Creek Indian Mound: The tall grasses growing outside the palisade of Town Creek Indian Mound approximate the area's native prairie. When the town was inhabited by Indians of the Pee Dee culture, around the eleventh century, it was probably surrounded by this kind of vegetation....; Format: image/photograph

Town Creek Indian Mound (NC Historic Site): This site provided by the North Carolina Division of Archives and History contains information about visiting Town Creek, a section on Montgomery County and the vicinity, a Native American Cultural Synopsis, and a section on the Pee Dee Culture.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Town Creek burial house and guard tower: This photograph, taken inside the town center at Town Creek Indian Mound, shows a recreation of the Town Creek burial house. The Indians who lived here built round, thatch-roof huts in which to bury their dead.; Format: image/photograph

Arrowheads from the Town Creek Indian Mound: These are arrowheads from the Town Creek Indian Mound near Mount Gilead, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Town Creek major temple: The earthen mound after which Town Creek Indian Mound is named is the town's principal structure. The mound, made from soil carried in baskets on people's backs, was built on the site of an earlier ceremonial earth lodge that had collapsed. More soil was piled...; Format: image/photograph

Town Creek minor temple: 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...; Format: image/photograph

Deer painting on major temple interior wall: Painting of a deer on an interior wall of the major temple at Town Creek Indian Mound. The recreated temple approximates the most important house of worship at Town Creek. Each wall is painted with an image of a different animal, representing the town's different...; Format: image/photograph

Town Creek minor temple and palisade: 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...; Format: image/photograph

Bear painting on major temple interior wall: Painting of a bear on an interior wall of the major temple at Town Creek Indian Mound. The recreated temple approximates the most important house of worship at Town Creek. Each wall is painted with an image of a different animal, representing the town's different...; Format: image/photograph

Map showing Seagrove, Town Creek Indian Mound, and the Pee Dee River: Format: image/photograph

Town Creek palisade and guard tower: At Town Creek, visitors enter through a guard tower built into the palisade surrounding the town. The palisade — a walled enclosure protecting the town — was made of vertical logs held together with a mixture of clay and straw. When Town Creek...; Format: image/photograph

The Piedmont's first human inhabitants: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 4; The first human inhabitants of the Piedmont to make use of its clays were the American Indians. People who lived along the banks of the Potomac and Savannah Rivers discovered the seemingly miraculous transformation of mud into stone by heat about 4500 years...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Museum at the Town Creek State Historic Site: Format: image/photograph

Museum at the Town Creek State Historic Site: Format: image/photograph

Town Creek Indian Mound: Format: image/photograph

First Human inhabitants: Format: image/photograph

Archaeological sites open to the public: A listing of field trip opportunities focusing on Native Americans as well as colonial times in North Carolina. Organized by county.; Format: article

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