Welcome to the Archaeological Society of South Carolina, Inc. (ASSC)
The Archaeological Society of South Carolina has been in operation since 1968. Our goal is to share information about South Carolina's archaeological heritage. We do this through our annual conference, which is held in the Spring, a Fall Field Day event, a quarterly newsletter, and via the internet with this web site, a blog, and a Facebook page.
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Save the Date!
Fall Field Day at Charles Towne Landing
Our next planned event will be the Annual Fall Field Day. This will be held October 9, 2010 at Charles Towne Landing state historic site, in Charleston (http://www.charlestowne.org/visitus.shtml ). Any day is a good day to visit Charles Towne Landing, as it is, arguably, the flagship of State Parks fleet. This is the site of the first permanent settlement of the Carolina Colony, and the park features an animal forest, hiking trails, a museum, and much more, but on October 9 we will add primitive technology demonstrators, re-enactors, and archaeology exhibits to the mix. This is a family friendly event with lots of activities for kids of all ages. Check back with us for more information as the date approaches.
This year's theme will be "The Science of Archaeology." This refers to actual hard science, not "scientific archaeology" (as opposed to humanistic archaeology). State archaeologist Jon Leader, who will coordinate this aspect of the event, will be updating this page and expanding on the topic. In the meanwhile the reader is referred to some work conducted by University of Illinois archaeologist Christopher Fennell and Michael Hargrave at the New Philadelphia town site:
Historical
Landscapes of New Philadelphia (U.
Illinois):
http://www.anthro.uiuc.edu/faculty/cfennell/NP/
Geophysics
at New Philadelphia, Illinois
(CERL):
http://www.anthro.uiuc.edu/faculty/cfennell/NP/geophysics.html
Further information is at:
NASA's
Remote Sensing Imagery:
http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/archeology/
A project at Fort Bragg is reported on here:
http://www.archaeophysics.com/fort_bragg/index.html
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