Mystery AtlasRoanoke Assimilation Theory
The explanation that the Roanoke colonists relocated and were absorbed into Native American communities, principally the Croatoan on Hatteras Island — the reading most consistent with the carving they left and with later colonial reports of mixed-ancestry people.
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- Roanoke Colony1587–1590
Roanoke Assimilation Theory attempts to explain Roanoke Colony.
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Roanoke Assimilation Theory is supported by CROATOAN Carving — The agreed relocation signal, left without the distress cross the colonists were told to add if forced out; John White read it as a message, not a threat.