SHOVEL BUM: Since 2004, Ben Steere has been involved in archaeological work in Western North Carolina. He now teaches at Western Carolina University. Photo courtesy of Western Carolina University As ...

KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE—Science Magazine reports that inscriptions written in Cherokee script have been discovered at the head of an underground stream in Alabama’s Manitou Cave. Made up of 85 characters ...

A buried Native American village may hold the key to a missing link in Cherokee history. Nestled alongside the scenic Nolichucky River, the archaeological site known as “Cane Notch” reveals secrets ...

There is no question that Native Americans have lived in this region for at least 10,000 years, but there is some question about whether they all were Cherokee. David Moore, Warren Wilson College ...

CHEROKEE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians announced that archaeological digs are causing partial road closures in Cherokee. Officials said that the digs on Acquoni and Big ...

CHEROKEE, Iowa | A Sanford Museum archaeologist and a group of six students discovered four new archaeological sites earlier this month in Cherokee County. The students were participants in an ...

Six students from Lee University participated in a summer archaeology field school at the site of Fort Armistead, a Cherokee removal fort in Cherokee National Forest near Coker Creek, Tenn.