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Bird's-eye view of the Confederate prison at Salisbury, N.C. in 1864. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

Items dug from Salisbury Confederate Prison site

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
Bird's-eye view of the Confederate prison at Salisbury, N.C. in 1864. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
Bird’s-eye view of the Confederate prison at Salisbury, N.C. in 1864. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) – Amateur archaeologists must wait for an expert’s opinion on whether the items they found at the Salisbury Confederate Prison site are enough to warrant a deeper look.

The Salisbury Post reported that a professional archaeologist who directed the dig will determine if the teeth, bone fragments, pottery, glass, square nails and other artifacts they found came from the prison, which was established in 1861.

Archaeologist Ken Robinson of Winston-Salem says a few items could be from the prison but many were from the 20th century. He will detail the findings from the weekend dig at a symposium next month.

The team dug on a small, vacant parcel that belongs to the Salisbury Confederate Prison Association.

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Information from: Salisbury Post, http://www.salisburypost.com

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Bird's-eye view of the Confederate prison at Salisbury, N.C. in 1864. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
Bird’s-eye view of the Confederate prison at Salisbury, N.C. in 1864. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons.