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Making Tabby, Making Place: Examining A Gullah Geechee Wattle And Tabby Daub Dwelling Through Thin Section Analysis, Jacob E. Hamill May 2025

Making Tabby, Making Place: Examining A Gullah Geechee Wattle And Tabby Daub Dwelling Through Thin Section Analysis, Jacob E. Hamill

Graduate Masters Theses

Tabby is a building material made from lime, sand, oyster shell, and water that is geographically associated with the Sea Islands of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. This material was used from the early 18th century to end of the American Civil War to construct all-manner of buildings in the Sea Islands region. Enslaved African descendant communities constructed wattle and tabby daub dwellings within plantation landscapes, and these settlements are interpreted as spaces where enslaved people exercised greater spatial autonomy.

This thesis analyzes the remains of a wattle and tabby daub structure located on what was once Old Fort …


Archaeological Survey And Testing At Site 38bu1834, United States Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, Chester B. Depratter, James B. Legg, Heathley A. Johnson Jan 2025

Archaeological Survey And Testing At Site 38bu1834, United States Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, Chester B. Depratter, James B. Legg, Heathley A. Johnson

Research Manuscript Series

This report covers the archaeological investigations at site 38BU1834, which falls within the boundary of the Charlesfort/Santa Elena National Historic Landmark on Parris Island, South Carolina. Initial investigations involved a search for activity areas associated with the Spanish pottery kiln discovered in 1993 near the golf course clubhouse. Later work on the site focused on a pond or sinkhole containing a deposit of World War I era U. S. Marine Corps trash and the prehistoric period earth and shell mounds that line the periphery of the pond/sinkhole.


Using Landscape Archaeology To Gain Insight Into The Human Experience During The Late Woodland And Mississippian Periods In South Carolina’S Pee Dee River Basin, Noah Safari Aug 2024

Using Landscape Archaeology To Gain Insight Into The Human Experience During The Late Woodland And Mississippian Periods In South Carolina’S Pee Dee River Basin, Noah Safari

Theses and Dissertations

People move through and use the landscape in the ways they do for myriad reasons. The goal of this thesis was to elucidate how people viewed and settled in the Pee Dee River Basin area during the Late Woodland and Mississippian Periods in South Carolina. Framing my research with a landscape archaeology focus, by considering sites within a larger region or landscape, we can inhabit the “taskscapes” of the past and gain an understanding of the past (Ingold 1993).

To do this, I used the methodological lens of settlement ecology “to build a balance sheet of varying priorities (Stone 1996:8) …


Structure V-1: A Mississippian Mica Workshop In Kershaw County, South Carolina, John Mclellan Dodge Oct 2023

Structure V-1: A Mississippian Mica Workshop In Kershaw County, South Carolina, John Mclellan Dodge

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis reanalyzes the pottery assemblage of Structure V-1 at the Mulberry site (38KE12). Because Structure V-1 was originally hypothesized to be evidence of a late seventeenth century occupation at the Mulberry site, the framework I use for this research focuses on identifying evidence of community coalescence after Mulberry’s initial occupation ended. However, new evidence from both the pottery and radiocarbon analysis conclusively dates the structure to around the sixteenth century Mulberry I phase. With that new date in mind, I explore the role mica craft production within Structure V-1 might have had in linking the community at Mulberry to …


Ciento Ochenta Grados: South Carolina Promotores De Salud And The Covid-19 Pandemic, Richard Lyle Strater Apr 2023

Ciento Ochenta Grados: South Carolina Promotores De Salud And The Covid-19 Pandemic, Richard Lyle Strater

Theses and Dissertations

This research engages with promotores de salud in South Carolina to examine sustainability challenges in their work to support Hispanic and Latino communities through advocacy-as-care approaches. This thesis contributes to scholarly literature on CHWs in the United States at a time when the profession is working to legitimize itself through professional advocacy, which includes the organization of state CHW associations, regional CHW networks, and the National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW). Their work to support communities is, at times, made more difficult because of their positioning within formalized neoliberal systems of care, while also being marginalized by their lack …


The Precontact Utilization Of A Depressional Wetland At The Gresston Spring Site (9dg152) In Dodge County, Georgia, Jonathan L. Brown Jan 2023

The Precontact Utilization Of A Depressional Wetland At The Gresston Spring Site (9dg152) In Dodge County, Georgia, Jonathan L. Brown

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The natural formation processes of depressional wetlands and the resultant resources they provided along the South Atlantic slope were important to a variety of plant and animal species during the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs. The utilization of these areas by precontact indigenous populations has provided important data for archaeological interpretations of site formation processes and settlement patterns seen predominately during the Paleoindian and Archaic periods. Prominent archaeological research conducted within the Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina looks at indigenous utilization of depressional wetlands and Carolina bays, however, minimal research on this subject has been pursued in Georgia. This …


The Ukrainian Immigrant Experience In South Carolina, Nataliya S. Vykhovanets, Alexander Lorenz Jan 2022

The Ukrainian Immigrant Experience In South Carolina, Nataliya S. Vykhovanets, Alexander Lorenz

University of South Carolina Upstate Student Research Journal

The following paper focuses on the Ukrainian immigrant community living in the Upstate region of South Carolina and the vast differences in immigrant experiences of former and more recent Ukrainian Immigrants. Ukrainians have been migrating to the US since the late 1800s, but unfortunately, there are few studies available on this ethnic group.

To give readers a background on the topic, this paper first documents the history of Ukrainian immigration to the US by describing and comparing the four waves of Ukrainian migration to the United States. The following section introduces a questionnaire, created to collect data on the Ukrainian …


A Copper-Covered Wooden Object From The Wateree Valley, Adam King, David H. Dye Aug 2021

A Copper-Covered Wooden Object From The Wateree Valley, Adam King, David H. Dye

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Legacy - August 2021, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina Aug 2021

Legacy - August 2021, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Magazine - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

South Carolina Lt. Governor Pamela S. Evette Honors Tommy Charles with the Order of the Palmetto…p. 1

Director’s Notes…p. 2

Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at the Wesley United Methodist Church, Beaufort, South Carolina…p. 8

A Copper-Covered Wooden Object from the Wateree Valley…p. 9

Remote Sensing at the Adamson Mounds Site (38KE11), Kershaw County, South Carolina…p. 12

Numismatic History of the Charlesfort/Santa Elena Site: The U.S. Marine Corps Maneuver Grounds…p. 14

Just How Far Did Soto Go? …p. 19

Conservation and Documentation of a Significant Camden Battlefield Collection…p. 22

Full Circle: John Bartlam’s Porcelain Returns to the Carolinas…p. 25

New …


Full Circle: John Bartlam’S Porcelain Returns To The Carolinas, Lisa R. Hudgins Aug 2021

Full Circle: John Bartlam’S Porcelain Returns To The Carolinas, Lisa R. Hudgins

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Conservation And Documentation Of A Significant Camden Battlefield Collection, James B. Legg Aug 2021

Conservation And Documentation Of A Significant Camden Battlefield Collection, James B. Legg

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Numismatic History Of The Charlesfort/Santa Elena Site: The U.S. Marine Corps Maneuver Grounds, Heathley A. Johnson Aug 2021

Numismatic History Of The Charlesfort/Santa Elena Site: The U.S. Marine Corps Maneuver Grounds, Heathley A. Johnson

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of Ceramic Vessel Form And Function At The Pockoy Island Shell Rings, Catherine Garcia Apr 2021

An Analysis Of Ceramic Vessel Form And Function At The Pockoy Island Shell Rings, Catherine Garcia

Senior Theses

Four thousand years ago, Late Archaic peoples along the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia accumulated mollusk shells into enormous, circular structures known as shell rings. The purpose of these rings has been a subject of archaeological debate for decades, with no clear consensus as to whether they are accidental accumulations of domestic refuse, or intentionally constructed landscape markers with ceremonial or symbolic meaning. This paper presents the results of a morphological and functional analysis of ceramic vessels excavated from the Pockoy Island Shell Rings, a double shell ring site located on the shore of Edisto Island, South Carolina, in …


Numismatic History Of The Charlesfort/Santa Elena Site: The Plantation Era, Heathley A. Johnson Dec 2020

Numismatic History Of The Charlesfort/Santa Elena Site: The Plantation Era, Heathley A. Johnson

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


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

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

SCIAA Magazine - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

A Mystery Object from Mississippi…..p. 1

Director’s Notes…..p. 2

Small Arms Evidence from the Siege of Star Fort, 1781…..p. 6

Numismatic History of the Charlesfort/Santa Elena Site: The Plantation Era…..p. 12

A New Mound at Mulberry…..p. 14

MRD Research Features in National Geographic TV Channel Drain the Oceans- Raiders of the Civil War Season 3…..p. 18

Public Outreach in the Time of Covid…..p. 21

SCIAA Annual Report…..p. 22

ART/SCIAA Donors Update January 2019-December 2020…..p. 26


A Vietnam War-Era Training Village At Fort Jackson, Stacey L. Young Sep 2020

A Vietnam War-Era Training Village At Fort Jackson, Stacey L. Young

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


The Wateree Bug: Hellgrammites, Dobsonflies, And Mississippian Period Potters, Adam King, Chris Judge Sep 2020

The Wateree Bug: Hellgrammites, Dobsonflies, And Mississippian Period Potters, Adam King, Chris Judge

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


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

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

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Artillery Ammunition From The 1781 Siege Of Star Fort, James B. Legg Sep 2020

Artillery Ammunition From The 1781 Siege Of Star Fort, James B. Legg

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Update On The Activities Of The Southeastern Paleoamerican Survey (2014-2020), Albert C. Goodyear Sep 2020

Update On The Activities Of The Southeastern Paleoamerican Survey (2014-2020), Albert C. Goodyear

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


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

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

SCIAA Magazine - 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 …


Ancient Weapons From The Siege Of Ninety Six, James B. Legg, Steven D. Smith Sep 2020

Ancient Weapons From The Siege Of Ninety Six, James B. Legg, Steven D. Smith

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Field Slave Quarters Discovered At Historic Brattonsville, J. Christopher Gillam, Gregory M. Lamb, January Withers Costa Sep 2020

Field Slave Quarters Discovered At Historic Brattonsville, J. Christopher Gillam, Gregory M. Lamb, January Withers Costa

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


The Integration Of Lidar And Legacy Datasets Provides Improved Explanations For The Spatial Patterning Of Shell Rings In The American Southeast, Dylan S. Davis, Robert Dinapoli, Matthew Sanger, Carl P. Lipo Jan 2020

The Integration Of Lidar And Legacy Datasets Provides Improved Explanations For The Spatial Patterning Of Shell Rings In The American Southeast, Dylan S. Davis, Robert Dinapoli, Matthew Sanger, Carl P. Lipo

Anthropology Faculty Scholarship

Archaeologists have struggled to combine remotely sensed datasets with preexisting information for landscape-level analyses. In the

American Southeast, for example, analyses of lidar data using automated feature extraction algorithms have led to the identification of over

40 potential new pre-European-contact Native American shell ring deposits in Beaufort County, South Carolina. Such datasets are vital for understanding settlement distributions, yet a comprehensive assessment requires remotely sensed and previously surveyed archaeological data. Here, we use legacy data and airborne lidar-derived information to conduct a series of point pattern analyses using spatial models that we designed to assess the factors that best explain …


The Integration Of Lidar And Legacy Datasets Provides Improved Explanations For The Spatial Patterning Of Shell Rings In The American Southeast, Dylan S. Davis, Robert Dinapoli, Matthew Sanger, Carl Lipo Jan 2020

The Integration Of Lidar And Legacy Datasets Provides Improved Explanations For The Spatial Patterning Of Shell Rings In The American Southeast, Dylan S. Davis, Robert Dinapoli, Matthew Sanger, Carl Lipo

Anthropology Datasets

Archaeologists have struggled to combine remotely sensed datasets with preexisting information for landscape-level analyses. In the American Southeast, for example, analyses of lidar data using automated feature extraction algorithms have led to the identification of over 40 potential new pre-European-contact Native American shell ring deposits in Beaufort County, South Carolina. Such datasets are vital for understanding settlement distributions, yet a comprehensive assessment requires remotely sensed and previously surveyed archaeological data. Here, we use legacy data and airborne lidar-derived information to conduct a series of point pattern analyses using spatial models that we designed to assess the factors that best explain …


Search For Old St. Augustine, Chester B. Depratter Dec 2019

Search For Old St. Augustine, Chester B. Depratter

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


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

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

SCIAA Magazine - 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 7th 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- July 2019, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina Jul 2019

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

SCIAA Magazine - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

Search of Old St. Augustine, Florida…p. 1

Director’s Notes…p. 2

Shipwrecks of America’s Lost Century Symposium…p. 4

Search Resumes for Le Prince…p. 7

Follow Up on the SUBMERGED Educational Programming…p. 8

Students Dive in for Maritime Archaeology Internships at MRD Charleston Field Office…p. 10

Cobble Cluster Features and the Occupation of 38AK155…p. 11

New Investigations at the Mulberry Site (38KE12) …p. 14

De Soto in Mississippi- Chicasa Project Update…p. 18

Investigations of an Old Bridge and Road on Property of Judy Bramlett in Travelers Rest, South Carolina…p. 22

SCAPOD: Looking to the 10th Anniversary and Beyond…p. 24 …


Mchugh, Walter (Fa 1297), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2019

Mchugh, Walter (Fa 1297), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1297. Project titled “Weather Sayings and Ghost Stories,” which includes weather sayings and ghosts stories collected from WKU students and a faculty member in Warren County, Kentucky by WKU folk studies student Walter McHugh. Sheets may include saying, story, and informant name and location.


Legacy- December 2018, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina Dec 2018

Legacy- December 2018, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Magazine - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

A Tribute to Elizabeth “Betty” Hamilton Stringfellow (November 14, 1921-May 18, 2017..p. 1

Director’s Notes…p. 2

Sergeant York Battlefield Archaeology Study Published…p. 2

Please Welcome Stacey Young, New Director of the Applied Research Division at SCIAA…p. 3

Hidden Under Our Feet: The Broad River Trenching Project…p. 10

Animals Used at Spanish Mount…p. 12

Submerged: Underwater Archaeology of South Carolina: Hands-On Interaction with 8th Graders…p. 15

6th Annual Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival- Columbia, SC- October 12-14, 2018…p. 19

ART/SCIAA Donors Update August 2017-December 2018…p. 22