
10,000 Years Before Contact
Season 5 Episode 7 | 27m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
Take a look a the people that lived in North Carolina during the end of the last Ice Age.
This episode introduces viewers to the people living in North Carolina from the end of the last Ice Age (approximately 10,000 years ago) to the arrival of the first Europeans. We visit several locations, including Barber Creek near Greenville, the Warren Wilson Site near Asheville, and the Hardaway Site near Albemarle.
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Exploring North Carolina is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
UNC-TV, Natural World Productions, LLC, WRAL-TV and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

10,000 Years Before Contact
Season 5 Episode 7 | 27m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode introduces viewers to the people living in North Carolina from the end of the last Ice Age (approximately 10,000 years ago) to the arrival of the first Europeans. We visit several locations, including Barber Creek near Greenville, the Warren Wilson Site near Asheville, and the Hardaway Site near Albemarle.
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