|  Danielle
Graves
email: dcgraves@mail.ecsu.edu
Mentor:
Dr. Dwayne Williams
Internship: ECSU Undergraduate Research Experience
in Ocean, Marine, and Space Science
Title: Science, Settlement and Remote Sensing: Locating
the Remains of the Lost Colony in NE North Carolina
In
the world of science, technology, and national security, remote
sensing technology has emerged as a primary tool for retrieving
and interpreting geographical data. Our research project,
"Science, Settlement and Remote Sensing" aims to
expand the application of remote sensing technology by answering
the question: What happened to the "Lost Colony of Roanoke?"
Our research takes an interdisciplinary approach to this 400
year old question by drawing on a wide-range of primary and
secondary sources from history, geography, archaeology, and
most importantly remote sensing technology. Challenging some
of the key scholarly assumptions about the fate of the "Lost
Colony," we argue that the remnants of the "Lost
Colony" can located in Northeast North Carolina. In particular,
our research strongly suggests that final fate of the "Lost
Colony" can be traced to Buck Ridge near Roanoke Island.
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