According to
Britannica Kids: "A 16th-century sketch shows the Algonquian village of Pomeiock, near present-day Gibbs Creek, North Carolina, with huts and longhouses inside a protective palisade."
Summary
The village of Pomeioc, North Carolina, 1585
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Record creator
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Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau. Picture Division. Exhibit Section. (1942 - 1945)
Title
The village of Pomeioc, North Carolina, 1585
Description
General notes: Artwork. Caption reads: "The towne of Pomeiock and true forme of their howses, covered and enclosed some with matts, and some with barcks of trees. All compassed abowt with smale poles stuck thick together in stedd of a wall."
Series: Photographs Depicting "Life in the United States", compiled 1942 - 1946, documenting the period 1881 - 1946 (National Archives Identifier:
535735)
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