ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CHARLESTON CHAPTER
NEWSLETTER From the editor...
FALL 2010
Hi folks, We started the new school year with a great event: an “archaeology” picnic! There were some familiar faces, and some new ones. It was great to see everyone again after a long (and hot!) summer. Be sure to check out some of the photos from this event on page 2. More photos are available on our chapter’s website. We have a very productive fall season planned out. This year’s ASSC Fall Field Day is on October 9th at Charles Towne Landing (page 3). As some of you know, Fall Field Day moves around the state and goes to a new location every year. This year it’s on our turf and hopefully it will be a fantastic event. Also, don’t miss the volunteer opportunity to dig at Hampton Plantation on November 6th (page 3). It is a very exciting site and state park archaeologist David Jones promises that you will find some cool artifacts! We are hoping to wash most of the artifacts on site, but if we have leftovers we’ll organize an artifact-washing night at the Charles Towne Landing archaeology lab. Remember: this excursion will be a “members only” event. We will have membership forms at the site so people can join if they need to. There will be a van leaving downtown in the morning, so if you need transportation contact me at assccharleston.newsletter@gmail.com to reserve your spot (right now we have room for 12). Best,
Cicek Beeby
REMINDER
ASSC Charleston Chapter, Newsletter Editor.
Please consider renewing your dues for 2011. You can download our Chapter brochure with membership info here. New members: If you join now, you will be a member for the remainder of the year AND 2011. It’s a great deal!
UPCOMING CHAPTER EVENT
HAMPTON PLANTATION VOLUNTEER DIG November 6, 2010 ASSC Charleston members only! More info on page 3.
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ARCHAEOLOGY PICNIC AT CHARLES TOWNE LANDING Archaeology Picnic was a lot of fun, thanks to all those who brought food, helped out with the set up, donated books for prizes and participated in the games. We are thinking about making it an annual event!
Ron Anthony brought a croquet set – and left all the players in the dust!
Five teams competed in the Scavenger Hunt and solved puzzles like this one. The prize? A small library of archaeology and anthropology books donated by our members. Congrats to Team Vandalay Industries, who won with a nearly perfect score and graciously shared the prize with the runners up.
Andrew Agha volunteered to be the grill master. Thank you Andrew!
PAST EVENTS
Picnic-lovers separated into two groups early on: those who wanted to run around and solve Scavenger Hunt clues, and those who remained close to the food spread!
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
SAVE THE DATE !
November 6, 2010, Saturday For more info or to reserve a seat in the shuttle (from downtown) contact assccharleston.newsletter@gmail.com.
ASSC Charleston members only.
ASSC FALL FIELD DAY OCTOBER 9, 2010, SATURDAY, 9:00-4:00 Don’t miss the 23rd annual ASSC Fall Field Day at Charles Towne Landing on October 9th! This year’s theme is “The Science of Archaeology.” The organizers put together an amazing variety of activities including display booths featuring recent research projects in South Carolina, a scavenger hunt, dig boxes for kids, dive gear demonstrations and underwater writing, and much more. Primitive technology demonstrations will showcase atlatls, blowguns, bow and arrow, flint knapping, and prehistoric pottery manufacture. On behalf of the ASSC Charleston Chapter, our president Andrew Agha is organizing a lecture series in the Visitor Center classroom. For a preliminary program of all the activities throughout the day, please visit the ASSC website. Admission is $7.50 for adults, $3.75 for S.C. Seniors, $3.50 for youth age 6-15, and free for children 5 and younger. For directions and other park-related information, please visit the park’s website.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Hampton Plantation Volunteer Dig
Hampton is an 18th-19th century plantation on the Santee River, 45 miles from Charleston. We will be digging a 19th century brick foundation of a possible slave house.
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UPCOMING ARCHAEOLOGY LECTURES ABOVE AND BELOW: THE MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SHIPWRECK SITES Presenters: Ashley Deming and Carl Naylor
When: October 6, 2010, Wednesday, 6:30 pm Where: Charleston County Public Library
SEARCHING FOR EARLY HUMANS AT THE TOPPER SITE, ALLENDALE COUNTY, SC Presenter: Dr. Albert Goodyear
Dr. Goodyear’s lecture will focus on his research at the Topper Site in Allendale County, SC, where archaeological excavations challenged the existing theories on the early human occupation of North America. When: October 7, 2010, Thursday, 7:30 pm Where: New Science Center Building Auditorium, Room 129
ARCHAEOLOGY AT COLONIAL DORCHESTER STATE HISTORIC SITE Presenters: Ashley Chapman and Rebekah Sease
South Carolina State Park Service archaeologists Ashley Chapman and Rebekah Sease will be presenting the finds from their recent archaeological excavations at Colonial Dorchester. The lecture is part of the Founders Hall Archaeology Lecture Series and will be followed by an exhibit of artifacts. When: November 18, 2010, Thursday, 6:00 pm Where: Founders Hall, Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site
UPCOMING EVENTS
Ashley Deming and Carl Naylor of the Sport Diver Archaeology Management Program, a part of the Maritime Research Division of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA) at the University of South Carolina, will discuss the archaeology conducted by SCIAA on a variety of shipwreck sites in South Carolina waters.