The different fates of the Sara and Occaneechi constellations remains puzzling. Why did Piedmont peoples sort themselves out into this particular configuration and not some other? Why did the Sara-Eno-Keyauwee groups eventually establish permanent residence with the Catawbas, while the Saponi and their associates did not? There was no overt antagonism between the two: the Sara and Eno had considered joining the Christanna experiment, and when Christanna Indians returned from the Catawba Nation in 1732 some Saras came along while some Saponis remained behind (McIlwaine 1930:269; Merrell 1982a:113, n.197). Further archaeological research may yield clues to these and the many other riddles Piedmont peoples bequeathed to future generations. The answers lie buried beneath the surface of the land these Indians once called home, at Upper Saratown, the Fredricks site, or other places yet uncharted. Rediscovering that lost world will take time. But the marriage of history and archaeology has already begun to piece together its outlines, to show that, however different their ultimate fate, the inhabitants of the uplands shared a common history during the first two centuries of European contact, a history marked by creative if painful adaptation to the changes the intruders brought to "this Western World."