Dig into the clay at Play in the Clay Fun Day at Town Creek Indian Mound on Saturday, August 11th, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
See how the Pee Dee Culture utilized clay around them, try your hand at making a small piece of pottery, help us daub the East Lodge walls, and witness the role “red earth” plays in building dugout canoes.
This is a FREE event. Town Creek Indian Mound is at 509 Town Creek Mound Rd, Mt Gilead. Town Creek is about an hour and a half from Charlotte. It’s well worth the short drive to experience this unique site. And there’s no better time than Play in the Clay Day.
A little more about Town Creek Indian Mound:
Town Creek Indian Mound is an unusual phenomenon in the history of North American archaeology. Most archaeological sites are investigated for a few years and then… archaeologists move on to new locations. Where long-range research has been conducted, it has often been under several directors and different plans of research.
Town Creek, situated on Little River (a tributary of the Great Pee Dee in central North Carolina), has been the focus of a consistent program of archaeological research under one director for more than half a century.
This research has contributed to scientific understanding of the original inhabitants of our continent and has provided educational opportunities for many graduate and undergraduate students in anthropology. Moreover, these contributions to science and higher education were made as the site contributed directly to public education.
Town Creek is one of the most popular State Historic Sites in North Carolina.
Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday, 1 – 5 p.m.
Closed Mondays and major holidays
Free to visit
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