Each year the society holds a conference on South Carolina archaeology, focusing on the archaeological work being done within the state. In past years, the conferences has included professional presentations from professors and students from various colleges and universities in the South, local cultural resource management firms, nonprofessional archaeological enthusiasts, and more. The conference is free to members of the society, and $10 to nonmembers at the door. Please join us for future conferences!
ASSC 2022 48th Annual Conference on SC Archaeology
WHERE: Gambrell Hall, 817 Henderson Street
Columbia, S.C. 29208
TIME (Tentative, full update soon): 10 AM – 5 PM, Registration opens at 9:15 AM
COST: free for 2022 members, $10 for non-members. membership renewals/new applications will be taken at registration.
When: March 13, 2021
Where: ASSC YouTube!
Find out more through our event page here.
We are now one year into a global pandemic, and although things are finally beginning to look up with more and more vaccines rolling out, it seems like we still have a long way to go before large in-person gatherings, like our annual conference, will be safe again. Given this, the ASSC Board has come to the difficult decision that holding our 47th Annual Conference on South Carolina Archaeology in-person will not be possible. However, don’t fret because we are currently planning to take our conference virtual! Building on the success of our 2020 Virtual Fall Field Day, we are working hard to bring you the same great presentations on SC archaeology and hopefully also keep the camaraderie and social aspects of our annual meeting intact.
Our Virtual Conference will take place on Saturday March, 13th 2021, live on our YouTube page. Similar to a normal conference schedule, each presentation will premiere at set times throughout the day. During each premiere a live chat window will be available for questions and discussion with the presenter and fellow society members.
ASSC 2020 46th Annual Conference on SC Archaeology
WHEN: February 15, 2020
WHERE: Gambrell Hall, 817 Henderson Street
Columbia, S.C. 29208
TIME: 9 AM – 4 PM (time may be subject to change), Registration opens at 8:15 AM
COST: free for 2020 members, $10 for non-members. membership renewals/new applications will be taken at registration
The theme of this year’s conference is Avocational Archaeology. We will have presentations and discussions about avocational contributions to archaeology in the state of South Carolina. Including the conference theme, there will also be papers on historic and prehistoric archaeology in the state of South Carolina and across the Southeast.
This year we are excited to welcome Jodi Barnes as our keynote speaker. Jodi A. Barnes is an Associate Research Professor and Research Station Archeologist with the Arkansas Archeological Survey, a unit of the University of Arkansas system. Her presentation is entitled “Public Archaeology 2020: Arkansas as a Case Study.”
ASSC 2019 45th Annual Conference on SC Archaeology
When: February 16, 2019
Where: Gambrell Hall, Room 153, 817 Henderson Street Columbia, S.C. 29208
Time: 9AM – 5:20 PM, Registration opens at 8:15 AM
Cost: free for 2019 members, $10 for non-members
The theme of this year’s conference is “Heritage at Risk: Coastal Erosion of Archaeological Sites in South Carolina.” A keynote will be given by David Anderson, who will be speaking on coastal erosion in the broader Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains.
There will also be papers on historic and prehistoric archaeology in the state of South Carolina and across the Southeast.
Interested in presenting at the conference? Please email archaeologysocietysc@gmail.com with your paper title and brief abstract by February 1, 2019.
Registration for the conference will be on site and free for current ASSC members, $10 for non-members. We will be signing up new members and taking membership renewals during the conference. For full membership details please visit https://archaeologysc.org/membership/
For the conference schedule, please click here.
ASSC 2018 44th Annual Conference on SC Archaeology
Date: Saturday, February 17, 2017
Time: 8 AM – 6 PM
Location: Gambrell Hall, Room 153, University of South Carolina, Columbia
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/214514045786369/
Full Program: https://archaeologysc.org/events/annual-conference/2018-conference-program/
The 44th Annual Conference on South Carolina Archaeology will be held on Saturday, February 17th, 2017 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!
ASSC 2017 43rd Annual Conference on South Carolina Archaeology
Date: Saturday, February 18, 2017
Time: 8 AM – 4 PM
Location: Gambrell Hall, Room 153, University of South Carolina, Columbia
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/578100362390496/
Each year the Archaeological Society of South Carolina holds a conference on South Carolina archaeology, focusing on the current archaeological work being done within the state.
This year’s conference theme is State Park Archaeology and, as always the conference will feature a session on this theme as well as a general session on SC archaeology. This year’s Keynote speakers are Martha Zierden and Elizabeth Reitz, authors of the recently published book “Charleston: An Archaeology of Life in a Coastal Community.”
ASSC 2016 Annual Conference on South Carolina Archaeology
Saturday, February 20th, 2016
University of South Carolina, Columbia
Time: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Gambrell Hall, Room 153, University of South Carolina, Columbia
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/207027152964398/
This year’s conference theme is settlement archaeology in honor of the 450th anniversary of Santa Elena and will also feature presentations on current archaeological research in the state. Our keynote will be David G. Moore. He is a professor at Warren Wilson College and has done extensive excavations at the 16th century Berry site, a Spanish fort and Native American village in North Carolina.
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