A team of researchers claimed to have made significant strides in solving one of America’s oldest mysteries — the fate of the ...

Horton explained that hammer scale, a byproduct of iron forging, is not typically traded, and Native tribes with no blacksmithing tradition were unlikely to use it. That, he argues, strengthens the ...

The recent discovery of copious amounts of iron trash on North Carolina's Hatteras Island may reveal the fate of a ...

New research by Mark Horton and Scott Dawson suggests Roanoke Colony settlers assimilated with Native Americans, supported by archaeological evidence of English iron-working on Hatteras Island.

Divers Uncover Mysterious 2,500-Year-old Shipwreck, Filled With Unusual Artifacts, Off Coast Of Sicily One of the only clues remaining at the site was the word "CROATOAN" carved into a palisade.

DIVERS UNCOVER MYSTERIOUS 2,500-YEAR-OLD SHIPWRECK, FILLED WITH UNUSUAL ARTIFACTS, OFF COAST OF SICILY One of the only clues remaining at the site was the word "CROATOAN" carved into a palisade. It ...

Just months before, an archaeologist claimed to find artifacts related to the missing colonists on modern Hatteras Island, some 50 miles south of Roanoke—then Croatoan island, home of the ...

Scott Dawson, the president of the Croatoan Archaeological Society who runs The Lost Colony Museum, believes a recent discovery reinforces research that the Lost Colony relocated to Hatteras Island.

The colonists, and virtually all traces of the colony, were gone. A single palisade remained, with the word CROATOAN carved into it (the name of a nearby indigenous tribe).

Another possibility is that the artifacts found their way to either Croatoan or Bertie County after the Roanoke colonists had disappeared. Whether it happened before or after John White’s return, ...