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Charles R. Ewen is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at East Carolina University's Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, where he also serves as Director of the Phelps Archaeology Laboratory. He holds a PhD from the University of Florida (1987) and joined ECU in 1994 after archaeological fieldwork with the Bureau of Archaeological Research (Florida) and Arkansas Archeological Survey. His career spans excavations at Hernando de Soto's winter encampment and direction of major projects at Tryon Palace, Ft. Macon, African American cemeteries, and colonial sites like Historic Bath.
Research focuses on historical archaeology with emphasis on:
- Contact/colonial period dynamics
- Piracy archaeology (Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge)
- Roanoke Lost Colony investigations
- Mortuary studies and cultural landscape analysis
Publication analysis reveals consistent themes: colonial encounters, material culture reinterpretation, methodological innovation in geophysics (GPR), and community-engaged archaeology. As past president of the Society for Historical Archaeology, he addresses ethical issues like repatriation and public archaeology representation.
He mentors students through field schools and thesis research, considering them vital to coastal archaeology projects. The Phelps Archaeology Laboratory under his direction facilitates long-term studies of North Carolina's coastal plain.
