Our conference is fast approaching! You can find our entire conference schedule and check out abstracts for all the papers at: https://archaeologysc.org/events/annual-conference/2018-conference-program/

 

 

44th Annual Conference of the Archaeological Society of South Carolina
February 17, 2018
Gambrell Hall, Room 153
University of South Carolina, Columbia Campus

Registration opens at 8:00 AM

Morning Session Papers
8:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Recent Investigations at the Pockoy Shell Rings (38Ch2533), Pockoy Island, Charleston County
Thaddeus G. Bissett, Michael Russo, Sean G. Taylor, and Martin P. Walker

How Many Pots on a South Carolina Shell Midden? Experiments in the Use of pXRF to Calculate MNV
Sydney James and Carolyn Dillian

Hardin Hafted Biface Technology in South Carolina and Across the Eastern United States
Joseph E. Wilkinson

The Mack Point: More Than a South Carolina Projectile Point Type
Albert C. Goodyear

Ground and Drilled Stone Gorgets from the Johannes Kolb (38DA75) and Savannah Edge Sites (38DA105)
Christopher Judge

Form Follows Function: Some Insights Gleaned from Analysis of Selected Small Lithic Tools
Robert C. Costello and Kenneth E. Steffy

Native American Archaeology of Hitchcock Woods: Results of the 2015-2017 Phase 1 Archaeological Survey
Bobby Southerlin

History and Industry in the Hitchcock Woods
By Carl Steen

Early Railroading in the Hitchcock Woods
Howard Wayt

Afternoon Session Papers
1:30 to 6:00 PM

Unlocking the Locks – Phase 1
Drew Ruddy

The Woodland to Mississippian Transition: Updates on the Late Precontact Occupations at the Topper Site (38AL23), Allendale, SC
Martin P. Walker, Megan Belcher, Cayla C. Colclasure, Kathryn McKenna, and David G. Anderson

Field Slave Quarters Discovered at Historic Brattonsville Plantation, York County, SC
Gregory M. Lamb and J. Christopher Gillam

History of the Hilton Head Chapter
George Stubbs

History of the Foothills Chapter
Lamar Nelson

50 Years in Avocational Underwater Archaeology
Drew Ruddy

Dear Sister: Postcards from The Society for Georgia Archaeology
Rita Elliott

Keynote Presentation

Emerging from Swamps Deemed Impassable’: Archaeological Discovery of the Revolutionary War Battle of Purysburg, South Carolina
Rita Elliott

Date: Saturday, February 17, 2018
Time: 8 AM – 6 PM
Location: Gambrell Hall, Room 153, University of South Carolina, Columbia
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/214514045786369/

The 44th Annual Conference on South Carolina Archaeology will be held on Saturday, February 17th, 2018 at USC-Columbia.

This year’s conference theme is the 50th Anniversary of the Archaeological Society of South Carolina and we are hoping to feature papers discussing the history of our Society and it’s various chapters, as well as our general session on SC archaeology.

This year’s keynote speakers will be Rita and Dan Elliot, affiliates with the LAMAR Institute and the Society for Georgia Archaeology. Rita and Dan will discuss the parallels between our two societies and will be bringing a very special guest, Abby the ArchaeoBus! The ArchaeoBus is Georgia’s mobile archaeology classroom and a traveling emissary for the Society for Georgia Archaeology and focused on bringing dynamic education programs to students and people around the state.

Registration for the conference will be on site and will be free for current ASSC members and $10 for non-members. We will also be signing up new members and taking membership renewals during the conference.

Stay tuned for more details about this year’s conference!

We’re happy to announce that the following individuals will be on the ASSC Executive Board for 2018-19!

Vice President: David Gordon
Newsletter Editor: Keely Lewis
Member-at-large: Kelly Higgins
Member-at-large: Ashley Stewart
Member-at-large: Jessica Cooper
Member-at-large: Bach Pham
Student Representative: John Dodge

Keith Stephenson will be transitioning to our Presidential position for 2018-2019.

We want to thank our past board members for all their hard work the past two years:

Chan Funk, Ryan Sipe, Karen Smith, Walter B.J. Clifford, Josh Chaplin, and Pete Mayers.

Please have your submissions prepared by January 1st, 2018. You can contact our Journal Editor Chris Moore at cmoore@srarp.org for questions or to submit articles.

We are excited to announce that this year’s annual Fall Field Day will return to USC Aiken during their 32nd annual Science Education Enrichment Day (SEED)! SEED is an annual event at USC Aiken featuring a diverse array of science activities from all over the south. We are thrilled to once again be joining this wonderful event and hope all of you can join us again in Aiken this October!

USC Aiken SEED Event, October 7 10 AM – 3 PM
471 University Pkwy, Aiken, South Carolina 29801

SEED is the CSRA’s premier STEM festival hosted by the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center to provide stimulating and relevant STEM experiences. For more information on SEED, please visit their event page here: http://rpsec.usca.edu/seed/

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