>>> ON THE CAMPUS OF WAKE FOREST
UNIVERSITY IS NORTH CAROLINA'S
ONLY MUSEUM DEDICATED TO THE
STUDY OF GLOBAL CULTURES.
THE MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY
EXPLORES CULTURAL DIVERSITY
THROUGH ANCIENT AND MODERN
ARTIFACTS.
>> THE MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY AT
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SEEKS TO
FOSTER IMAGINATION, CURIOSITY,
AND AN APPRECIATION FOR CULTURAL
DIVERSITY.
>> WE HAVE FOUR PERMANENT
EXHIBITS AND ONE FEATURED
EXHIBIT, UM, HAPPENING ALL YEAR,
UM, AND SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE
PERMANENT EXHIBITS ON NORTH
CAROLINA ARCHAEOLOGY, SO NATIVE
AMERICAN ARTIFACTS FROM THE
YADKIN RIVER VALLEY.
WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT ON A
COLLECTION OF SADDLE RUGS THAT
COME FROM CENTRAL ASIA AND TALK
ABOUT SORT OF THE SILK ROAD AND
HORSE CULTURE IN THAT PART OF
THE WORLD.
WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT ON ANCIENT
CHINESE CERAMICS FROM THE TANG
DYNASTY, AND WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT
ON FIVE DIFFERENT AFRICAN
CULTURES AS SORT OF SHOWCASING
CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN AFRICA.
OUR FEATURED EXHIBIT IS CALLED
LIFE AFTER DEATH: THE DAY OF THE
DEAD IN MEXICO.
AND THAT'S AN ANNUAL RECURRING
EXHIBIT, SO WE PUT IT UP EVERY
FALL SEMESTER.
IT'S VERY POPULAR, AND IT HAS
TEXT IN BOTH ENGLISH AND
SPANISH.
>> ANTHROPOLOGY CONSISTS OF FOUR
FIELDS --
ARCHAEOLOGY, CULTURAL,
LINGUISTIC, AND PHYSICAL OR
BIOLOGICAL.
WHEN WE THINK OF ANTHROPOLOGY,
MOST MIGHT ASSOCIATE IT WITH
ARCHAEOLOGISTS LIKE INDIANA
JONES, CHASING ANCIENT ARTIFACTS
TO EXPLAIN THE PAST.
HERE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA
EXHIBIT, YOU WILL FIND NATIVE
AMERICAN ARTIFACTS FROM THE
LOCAL YADKIN RIVER, FINDING
EVERYTHING FROM ARROWHEADS AND
POTTERY TO HELP EXPLAIN WHAT
LIFE WAS LIKE DURING THAT TIME
IN HISTORY.
>> NORTH CAROLINA HAS A VERY
LONG NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY.
NATIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR
ABOUT 12,000 YEARS.
AT MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY, WE
ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE A VERY
LARGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTION
OF THE NATIVE PEOPLE HERE IN
NORTH CAROLINA.
SO WE WILL START OFF WITH SOME
THINGS LIKE THIS.
THIS IS THE EARLIEST FORM OF A
CONTAINER OR A BOWL THAT'S FOUND
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
IT IS MADE OF STONE.
AND THEN NATIVE PEOPLE WENT TO
USING POTTERY, AND THE POTTERY
TRADITION IN NORTH CAROLINA IS
BETWEEN 4,000 TO 5,000 YEARS
OLD, AND THEY BEGAN TO MAKE
CONTAINERS OR VESSELS THAT COULD
BE AS LARGE AS THESE CLAY POTS.
AND NATIVE PEOPLE IN NORTH
CAROLINA REALLY DID NOT PAINT
POTTERY LIKE OTHER NATIVE PEOPLE
DID.
THEY DID WHAT WE CALL IMPRESSED
OR INCISED DESIGNS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ON POTS
LIKE THESE OR THE POT THAT WE
HAVE HERE.
AND NATIVE PEOPLE WOULD USE LOTS
OF THINGS.
THEY WOULD USE NETS.
THEY WOULD USE CORN HUSKS.
THEY WOULD USE PADDLES THAT THEY
WOULD CARVE DESIGNS ON, AND THEN
THEY WOULD PRESS THOSE ON THE
WET CLAY.
>> THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS
CONSIST OF MORE THAN 29,000
ARTIFACTS, LIKE CERAMICS
PRODUCED BY THE FAMILIES AT THE
CHANGSHA KILNS DURING THE TANG
DYNASTY OR A COLLECTION OF
SADDLE RUGS FROM ACROSS CENTRAL
ASIA, EXPLORING WHAT LIFE IS
LIKE TRAVELING HUNDREDS OF MILES
OF THE SILK ROAD.
ONE OF THE MUSEUM'S FEATURE
COLLECTIONS IS A GLIMPSE OF
AFRICA.
THE EXHIBIT THAT EXAMINES THE
DIVERSE CULTURES FOUND ACROSS
THE CONTINENT.
THE MUSEUM HOPES AT THE END OF
YOUR VISIT THAT YOU WILL TAKE
AWAY A BETTER AWARENESS AND
GREATER APPRECIATION FOR
CULTURAL DIVERSITY, FOR HOW
PEOPLE LIVE FROM ALL AROUND THE
WORLD.
IN WINSTON-SALEM, I'M HEATHER
BURGISS FOR "NORTH CAROLINA
WEEKEND."
