Positions

Professor, Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences

Contact Info

ewenc@ecu.edu

252-328-9454

Publications in VIVO

Co-author Network

Co-investigator Network

Charles Ewen

member of

Phi Beta Kappa 2016
Phi Kappa Phi 1998
North Carolina Archaeological Society 1993
Arkansas Archeological Society 1988
Southeastern Archaeological Conference 1986
Society for Historical Archaeology 1982

selected publications

article
- Lynn Brenda Harris and Valerie Ann Johnson, Editors: Excavating the Histories of SlaveTrade and Pirate Ships: Property, Plunder and Loss. Journal of Maritime Archaeology. 2023
- Remains of the invisible: reconstructing 19th century plantation life through the biohistories of an eastern North Carolina family.. Historical Archaeology. 57:1300-1318. 2023
- A Community Activist, a Cultural Anthropologist, and an Archaeologist Walk into a Cemetary: Re-establishing Community Pride After a Jim Crow Atrocity. Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage. 9:239-254. 2020
- "All That Glitters": A Reassessment of a "Lost Colony" artifact. North Carolina Historical Review. XCVI:408-425. 2019
- Biography of Kathleen Deagan. Historical Archaeology. 2017
book
- <span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.847);font-size:14.666667px;">Becoming The Lost Colony: History, Lore, and Popular Culture of the Roanoke Colonies</span>. McFarland. 2024
- Deadman's Chest: Exploring the Archaeology of Piracy. University Press of Florida. 2023
chapter
- A Tale of Three Cemeteries: The Challenge of Commemorating the Past. Taylor and Francis Group. 2025
- Interpretation (Including Historic Reenactments): Current Approaches.. Springer, Cham. 2018
- Pirate Archaeology and the Archaeology of Pirates. UNC Press. 2018
- Recognizing a Pirate Shipwreck without the Skull and Crossbones. University Press of Florida. 2016
- Historical Archaeology on the Coastal Plain in the Post-South Era. NC Archaeological Council. 2011
- Spain and Portugal in the Caribbean. Oxford University Press. 2011
- Lost Governors, Iron Coffins and Driven Descendants. University of Alabama Press. 2010
review
- Dawson, The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island 2020

presentations

presentation

principal investigator on

Support for Historic Archaeology Bath Field School awarded by Colonial Dames of America 1890 2021
QAR Lab Crane awarded by North Carolina Department of Cultural Resouces (NCDCR) 2017 - 2018
The Queen Anne's Revenge (QAR) Open House awarded by North Carolina Science Festival 2016
QAR Crane awarded by NC Division of Natural & Cultural Resources 2016
MCRWASA awarded by Wooten Co. 2011
Greenville Trace Phase 1 awarded by Rediger, Inc. 2010
Southport Phase 1 awarded by Friends of Southport Museum 2010
Dental School grave relocation awarded by East Carolina University 2008
Bridgewater Phase 1 & 2 awarded by Baldwin & Associates 2007
Catnip Point Survey awarded by Baldwin & Associates 2007
Historic Bath Archaeological Survey awarded by ECU Research & Graduate Studies 2007
New Bern Battlefield 2 awarded by N.C. Department of Cultural Resources 2004 - 2005
Croatan National Forest Challenge Cost-Share awarded by U.S. Forest Service 1998 - 2000
Kellenberger Consulting Archaeologist awarded by Kellenberger Historical Foundation 1999 - 2000
An Archaeological Survey of Hope Plantation awarded by Historic Hope Foundation, Inc. 1998 - 1999
Field School Artifact Processing awarded by Tryon Palace Historic Site and Gardens 1999
Tryon Palace Collections Research awarded by Tryon Palace Historic Site and Gardens 1998 - 1999
Archaeological Investigation of Hope Plantation awarded by Historic Hope Foundation, Inc. 1997 - 1998
Preparation of Archaeological Monographs awarded by Tryon Palace Historic Site and Gardens 1997 - 1998
Archaeological Research Design for Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens awarded by Kellenberger Historical Foundation 1996 - 1997
Hay House Archaeological Investigation II awarded by Tryon Palace Historic Site and Gardens 1996

co-principal investigator on

Community dynamics of public space management and abandonment awarded by NSF - National Science Foundation 2021 - 2026
Cemeteries as more than final resting places: how the history of exclusion and racism in the US continues to haunt African Americans after death awarded by NEH - National Endowment for the Humanities 2021 - 2024

professional service activities

NC Maritime History Council 2017 - 2022
Exhibit Design Committee Working with Historic Sites to develop new exhibits for Bath State Historic Site 2019 - 2022
Historic Bath museum exhibit design committee 2019 - 2021
North Carolina 250 preparing for the 250th anniversary of North Carolina 2020
Southeastern Archaeological Conference Lifetime achievement award committee 2017 - 2020
Lifetime Achievement Award Committee Southeastern Archaeological Conference 2019
Bath Historical Commission 2019
University of Alabama Press review of ;The Archaeology of Religious Landscapes in Frontier Communities 2018
Nominations Committee and Awards Committee - Society for Historical Archaeology ;
; 2017 - 2018
University Press of Georgia Review of book manuscript 2017 - 2018
American Antiquity Review of manuscript - A Road to Zacatecas: Fort San Juan and the Defenses of Spanish La Florida 2017

education and training

B.A. in Anthropology, University of Minnesota
M.A. in Anthropology, Florida State University

awards and honors

Distinguished Professor, conferred by Thomas Harriot College of Arts & Sciences, 2023
Distinguished Graduate Faculty Mentor Award, conferred by East Carolina University, 2020
History Award Medal, conferred by Daughters of the American Revolution, 2018
Christopher Crittenden Award, conferred by North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, 2018

preferred title

Distinguished Professor of Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences

located in facility

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