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Castle Pinckney Work Continues- Testing And Monitoring During The Down Season In 2020, John Fisher

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Legacy - September 2020, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Newsletter - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

Ancient Weapons from the Siege of Ninety Six…..p. 1

Director’s Notes…..p. 2

New Books Include Contributions by SCIAA Staff…..p. 4

Artillery Ammunition from the 1781 Siege of Star Fort…..p. 5

The Wateree Bug: Hellgrammites, Dobsonflies, and Mississippian Period Potters…..p. 8

Sixteenth-Century Scale Weights from Santa Elena…..p. 12

Update on the Activities of the Southeastern Paleoamerican Survey (2014-2020)…..p. 17

Field Slave Quarters Discovered at Historic Brattonsville…..p. 23

Castle Pinckney Work Continues: Testing and Monitoring During the Down Season in 2020……p. 26

A Vietnam War-Era Training Village at Fort Jackson…..p. 28

Archaeological Survey at Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site…..p. 31 …

Legacy- December 2019, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Newsletter - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

New Evidence that an Extraterrestrial Collision 12,800 Years Ago Triggered an Abrupt Climate Change for Earth…p. 1

Director’s Notes…p. 2

A Tribute to Roland C. Young…p. 5

Award to Explore for Shipwrecks Offshore Port Royal Sound…p. 8

CSS Pee Dee Cannons Installed in Florence, South Carolina…p. 10

Three-Dimensional Photogrammetric Modeling Program…p. 14

Reconstructing Lowcountry Plantation Waterfronts…p. 16

Underwater Archaeology Film Track Debuts at 7^th Annual Arkhaios Cultural Hertiage and Archaeology Film Festival in Columbia, South Carolina…p. 18

The Mysterious Island Fort in Charleston Harbor: Breaking Ground at Castle Pinckney…p. 20

Archaeology on the Widdicom Tract at Hobcaw Barony…p. …

Legacy - December 2017, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Newsletter - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

Oemler Pottery: A Prehistoric Mystery.....p. 1
Director's Notes.....p. 2
Reconstructing Hawthorne: A New Documentary Film.....p. 3
Tracking Hernando de Soto.....p. 4
The Last Morning of the War: Archaeology on the Appomattox Court House Battlefield.....p. 7
Archaeology in South Carolina: Exploring the Hidden Heritage of the Palmetto State.....p. 9
The First Radiocarbon Dates from 38FA608.....p. 10
Port Royal Sound Stone Fleet Survey...p. 12
Update on Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Development Project: Ground-Truthing Operations.....p. 15
ART/SCIAA Donors Update August 2016-December 2017.....p. 18 Please Support the New Stanley South Student Archaeological Research Endowment Fund.....p. 20

Legacy - June 2017, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Newsletter - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

Revisit of Excavations at Spanish Mount Point.....p. 1
Director's Notes.....p. 2
Unloading Loaded Cannons Jettisoned from the CSS Pee Dee.....p. 4
The Dorchester Waterfront Report.....p. 10
Retirement of Joseph M. Beatty, III.....p. 12
The White Pond Human Paleoecology Project.....p. 14
The Broad River Archaeological Field School: Season 1.....p. 18
South Carolina Archaeology Book.....p. 21
ART/SCIAA Donors Update January 2016-June 2017.....p. 22
Please Support the New Stanley South Student Archaeological Research Endowment Fund.....p. 24

Legacy - July 2016, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Newsletter - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

Director's Notes.....p. 2
Archaeology in South Carolina.....p. 3
A Tribute to Stanley Austin South.....p. 4
A Stan South Album.....p. 7
Santa Elena Update.....p. 14
Return to Mississippi.....p. 16
Fort Motte on Exhibit.....p. 18
Laurens County Museum: A Window on the Piedmont Past.....p. 19
Archaeological Predictive Modeling along the Central Savannah River.....p. 22
Serendipity and IX-Inch Dahlgren Smoothbore Cannon "FP 513".....p. 26
Celebrating the 25^th Annual South Carolina Archaeology Month.....p. 31
Celebrating the Archaeological Research Trust's 25^th Anniversary.....p. 32
ART/SCIAA Donors Update January 2015-June 2016.....p. 34
R.L. Stephenson Lifetime Achievement Award Presented to Albert C. Goodyear III.....p. 36

Serendipity And Ix-Inch Dahlgren Smoothbore Cannon “Fp 513”, James D. Spirek

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Legacy - December 2015, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Newsletter - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

UofSC Archaeologists Raise Trio of Civil War Cannons.....p. 1
Archaeologists Pluck 3 Civil War Cannons from River Site.....p. 1
Director's Notes.....p. 2
Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival.....p. 2
Recovery of CSS Pee Dee Armament from the Great Pee Dee River.....p. 4
Parris Island Canoe and Exhibit Reconstruction.....p. 10
In Search of Yamasee Indian Villages in Upper Port Royal Waters.....p. 12
Chicasa: Searching for de Soto in Mississippi, June 2015.....p. 15
Fort Motte Research-2015 Update.....p. 18
Trench Maps: Military Cartography on the Western Front, 1914-1918.....p. 21
Santa Elena Foundation Opens History Center.....p. 22
Early Archaic Settlement Along the …

Recovery Of The Css Pee Dee Armament From The Great Pee Dee River, James D. Spirek, Jonathan Leader

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Legacy - December 2014, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Newsletter - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

Search for the 1853 Wreck of US Revenue Cutter Alexander Hamilton.....p. 1
Director's Note.....p. 2
Hobcaw Barony Waterfront Cultural Continuum Project - Results from the Field.....p. 4
Fieldwork on the Charleston Harbor Stone Fleets.....p. 6
Ashley Deming Accepts New Opportunity.....p. 9
Transects in the Past: Archaeology and Heritage at Hobcaw Barony.....p. 10
2014 Research at Fort Motte.....p. 12
Across the Coastal Plain: Examining the Prehistoric Archaeology of the Inter-Riverine Zone Through Private Collections.....p. 15
Results of Preliminary Immunological Analysis of Paleoamerican and Archaic Stone Tools form the Central Savannah River Area.....p. 18
Update on Paleolithic Research in Northern …

Fieldwork On The Charleston Harbor Stone Fleets, James D. Spirek

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Legacy - June 2014, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Newsletter - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

Albert Goodyear is Recognized with "Breakthrough Leadership in Research" Award.....p. 1
Director's Note.....p. 2
Five Officers' Escape from a Columbia Prison, 1864.....p. 3
Volunteer Opportunities Now Available for Working in Topper Lab.....p. 4
Tom Pertierra-Distinguished Archaeologist of the Year.....p. 7
Excavations at Camp Asylum.....p. 8
Archaeology in the 21st Century.....p. 11
The Probate Record of William Wilson, Charleston Merchant.....p. 12
Dating Mound B at the Hollywood Site (9Br1).....p. 16
23rd Annual South Carolina Archaeology Month Poster.....p. 19
Charleston Harbor Stone Fleets Research at the National Archives.....p. 20
Nate Fulmer Joins the Division.....p. 22
Field Training Course-Part I.....p. 23
Historic …

Charleston Harbor Stone Fleets Research At The National Archives, James D. Spirek

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Charleston Harbor Stone Fleets Survey, James D. Spirek

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Legacy - November 2013, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Newsletter - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

Fields of Conflict Battlefield Conference.....p. 1
Director's Note.....p. 2
Arkhaios Film Festival on Hilton Head Island.....p. 3
Recent Research at Fort Motte 2013.....p. 4
Camp Asylum Update.....p. 7
Summary of the Southeastern Paleoamerican Survey Activities for 2013.....p. 8
Underwater Archaeology on the Combahee River.....p. 10
The Search for the U.S. Revenue Cutter Gallatin.....p. 12
Charleston Harbor Stone Fleets Survey.....p. 15
The 2013 Black River Project.....p. 16
An Update on G.S. Lewis-West.....p. 18
Recent Investigations at Etowah Field School 2013.....p. 20
Exploring the Native American Colonial Landscape of the Central Savannah River Area, Late 17th-Early 18th Centuries.....p. 24
ART/SCIAA …

Update On Mars Bluff Navy Yard/Css Pee Dee Cannons Investigations, James D. Spirek

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Legacy - May 2013, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Newsletter - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

Health and Warfare in the Prehistoric Southeast.....p. 1
Director's Note.....p. 2
The Lord of Death on the Savannah River.....p. 4
On The Importance of Proper Curation of Collections.....p. 6
Two Special Announcements.....p. 9
Update on the 2012-2013 Activities of the Southeastern Paleoamerican Survey.....p. 10
A Visit with the Lost Battalion.....p. 13
Siege in the Argonne.....p. 15
Update on Mars Bluff Navy Yard/CSS Pee Dee Cannons Investigations.....p. 16
Recording the Beginnings of South Carolina River Diving.....p. 18
Archaeologist of the Year Awarded to Drew Ruddy.....p. 20
Artifact Identification Workshop.....p. 21
Research in the Graniteville Historic District.....p. 22
Going Polynesian in …

Update On Mars Bluff Navy Yard/Css Pee Dee Cannon Investigations, James D. Spirek

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The Archeology Of Civil War Naval Operations At Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, 1861-1865, James D. Spirek

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In 2008 the Maritime Research Division (MRD) of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of South Carolina received a National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) grant to study the naval operations at Charleston Harbor during the American Civil War. Funds from the ABPP grant allowed the MRD to undertake historical research and archeological investigations on cultural resources remaining on the Charleston Harbor Naval Battlefield, the scene of a protracted struggle from 1861 to 1865 between Confederate defenders and Federal attackers. This report, The Archeology of Civil War Naval Operations at Charleston Harbor, 1861-1865, …

The Archaeology Of Civil War Naval Operations In Charleston Harbor, 1861-1865, James D. Spirek

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The 21st Annual South Carolina Archaeology Month, James D. Spirek, Christopher F. Amer, Nena Powell Rice

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Legacy - November 2012, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Newsletter - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

Chris Amer Retires.....p. 1
Director's Note.....p. 2
The Archaeology of Civil War Naval Operations in Charleston Harbor, 1861-1865.....p. 4
USC Archaeologist Helps Dig a Dugout Canoe Near Daufuskie Island.....p. 10
2012 Underwater Archaeology Field Training Course.....p. 12
Halfway to Mörön: Shedding New Light on Paleolithic Landscapes of Northern Mongolia.....p. 14
Study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Puts the University of South Carolina Topper Site in Middle of Comet Controversy.....p. 18
ART/SCIAA Donors Update August 2011-October 2012.....p. 22
The 21st Annual South Carolina Archaeology Month.....p. 24

Civil War Shipwrecks In South Carolina - 2012, James D. Spirek, Christopher F. Amer

Archaeology Month Posters

This poster was released in conjunction with South Carolina Archaeology Month, October 2012.

Mars Bluff Navy Yard, Christopher F. Amer

Presentations

This presentation gives a brief accounting of the Confederate Mars Bluff Navy Yard on the Great Pee Dee River, the ships, boats, and vessels built there, a brief history of the underwater archaeology conducted at the site, and future archaeological plans.

The presentation consists of 40 slides. The first seven pages of the downloadable file is the text which accompanied the presentation, and the remaining 40 pages are the presentation slides.

Shipwrecks Of South Carolina, Christopher F. Amer

Presentations

This presentation briefly describes the S.C. coastline and inland waterways, and gives an overview of basic legal considerations regarding wreck ownership and management. It then discusses some of the wrecks that the MRD and others have been involved with such as the H.L. Hunley, U.S.S. Housatonic, U.S.S. Keokuk, Peedee, etc., and the techniques that the MRD uses in locating and evaluating wrecks.

The presentation consists of 48 slides. The first seven pages of the downloadable file is the text which accompanied the presentation, and the remaining 48 pages are the presentation slides.

The Final Voyage Of H.L. Hunley, Christopher F. Amer

Presentations

This presentation briefly describes the history of the Hunley, its recovery, and the status of preservation efforts.

The presentation consists of 108 slides. The text which accompanied the presentation is not available.

South Carolina Naval Wreck Survey, Christopher F. Amer

Presentations

From 1998 through 2003, the Maritime Research Division (MRD) of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology (SCIAA) at the University of South Carolina (USC) conducted research into the presence of US Navy shipwrecks in South Carolina waters. The US Navy claimed 96 shipwrecks in the state. However, historical research confirmed that, in fact, only 47 Navy-owned vessels met their demise in state waters. The remaining shipwrecks include, US Army transports, vessels owned by the Confederacy at the time of their sinking, and a number of vessels that flew foreign flags. The United States Navy maintained a presence in South Carolina …

Columbia's Two Civil War Prison Camps-Camp Asylum And Camp Sorghum, Chester B. Depratter, James B. Legg

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Legacy - March 2011, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Newsletter - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

SCIAA Awarded Collections Grant.....p. 1
Director's Note: Expanding Boundaries of South Carolina Archaeology.....p. 2
Second Epidemiological Transition.....p. 4
X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Spectrometry.....p. 7
2010 Topper Site Field Season.....p. 8
Preliminary Topper Lithic Spatial Analysis.....p. 16
Search for Two Civil War Prison Camps in Columbia.....p. 20
Francis Marion Research - Thank You to ART.....p. 21
2011 NEOMAP Project Update: Preserving Cultural Landscapes.....p. 22
Maymester Historical Ecology Field School - St. Croix, Virgin Islands.....p. 24
Six Archaeologists Funded by ART for 2011.....p. 28
ART/SCIAA Donors 2010-2011.....p. 30
Tribute to Edward and Dorothy Kendall Family Foundation.....p. 32
Public Lecture & 37th Annual …

Sciaa’S Maritime Research Division Returns To Confederate Shipyard, Christopher F. Amer

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