NEWSLETTER

Hello everyone,

Spring and warmer weather is just around the corner and the Charleston

Chapter is gearing up for our first volunteer dig of the year! The Chapter will once

again be partnering with South Carolina State Parks to continue excavations at

Hampton Plantation. Excavations will take place Saturday May 5th and Sunday May

6th. Unfortunately the Baruch Institute is booked for the month of May and we will

be unable to provide housing for this weekend. We encourage volunteers to carpool

from Charleston. More details about the volunteer dig will be sent soon via email,

keep a look out!

In other news, officers for 2012 have been elected. I have gladly assumed the

role of president and Dr. Dee Dee Joyce will now serve as vice president. We are also

happy to welcome Larry James, archaeologist at Colonial Dorchester, as our newest

board member. This new slate of officers will be working hard to plan an exciting,

event filled year for the chapter.

Finally, as president I would like to make a special request that everyone

consider donating to ASSC’s grant-in-aid program, which provides assistance for

graduate research in South Carolina archaeology. More details about the program

and how to donate can be found on page four.

Best,

Rebecca Shepherd

From the president...

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

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CHARLESTON CHAPTER

ASSC Charleston Officers for 2012 are:

President: Rebecca Shepherd

Vice President: Dr. Dee Dee Joyce

Treasurer: Ron Anthony

Board Members: Larry James

Barbara Aldrich

David Jones

Bob Welch

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Upcoming

Events:

3/10/2012 Charles Towne

Landing Archaeology Day

4/14/2012

ASSC Annual Conference on SC

Archaeology

4/17/2012 Lecture:

Archaeology of the Redan at South Adger's Wharf

5/52012-5/6/2012

Volunteer Dig: Hampton Plantation

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ANNUAL CHRISTMAS

Party

ASSC Charleston members gathered this past December at

the home of Ron Anthony to celebrate the holiday season

with good food, good company and a little salsa dancing.

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Dig into history at Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site. Discover how archaeolo-

gists see beyond written records and learn about past cultures based on artifacts left be-

hind. Visit us for “Piecing Together the Past with Archaeology” for a first hand look at

Charles Towne Landing’s archaeological resources. Meet Charles Towne Landing’s ar-

chaeologists and tour dig sites where Native American and colonial finds have been un-

earthed. Some of the hands-on activities you don’t want to miss: a pottery re-fit (an ar-

chaeology puzzle), dig boxes and a scavenger hunt. Sign-up for a behind the scenes tour

of the archaeology lab to learn more about archaeology beyond the dig. Join us to discov-

er the science of archaeology and the history revealed below the surface.

When: March 10, 2012, Saturday, 10:00am - 4:00pm

Where: Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site

Admission: $7.50/adult; $3.75/S.C. Senior; $3.50/youth age 6-15; free for children 5 and

younger. For admission info call Charles Towne Landing SHS at (843) 852-4200.

ASSC Annual Conference on South

Carolina Archaeology

When: Saturday, April 14th, 2012

Where: BA Building Basement, University of South Carolina, Columbia

Admission: $10, pre-registration is encouraged and can be done here.

The Charleston Museum Curator Lecture Series Archaeology of the Redan at South Adger's Wharf Charleston is the only walled city in British colonial North America. Yet this defensive

feature, completed in 1706, is largely invisible, in both the landscape and the imagina-

tion. Excavations done in 2008 and 2009 of the redan, or salient angle, at Tradd Street

provided the first opportunity in forty years to explore a section of the wall, and the first

in nearly a century to expose the foundation. Join the Museum's Curator of Historical

Archaeology, Martha Zierden, to hear new details on construction, maintenance, and

eventual abandonment of the city's early colonial defenses and see several items that will

go on permanent exhibit in the museum’s Lowcountry History Hall.

When: Tuesday April 17th, 2012, 6:30 pm

Where: The Charleston Museum

Volunteer Dig: Hampton Plantation Join the Chapter for their first volunteer dig of the year as we continue excavations on the

possible slave house at Hampton Plantation. More details will be announced soon.

When: May 5th and 6th, 2012, 9:00am—4:00 pm

Where: Hampton Plantation State Historic Site

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Archaeological Society of South

Carolina Graduate Student Grant-

in-Aid Pledge Drive

Help support South Carolina Archaeology by donating to the ASSC Grant-in-Aid

Program!

The goal of the Grant-in-Aid Program is to award funds ranging from several

hundred to one thousand dollars to graduate students researching topics pertain-

ing to South Carolina archaeology. Donations to the Grant-in-Aid Program pro-

mote research that advances our knowledge of the history and prehistory of South

Carolina and of the United States. To date, this program has assisted the research

of more than 40 students and has been instrumental in allowing a number of ar-

chaeologists to move on and become respected members of the academic and ap-

plied archaeology professions.

Suggested donation amounts start around $25 from individuals and $100 from or-

ganizations and businesses. However, no contribution is too small, and all are tax

deductible. Contributions to the Grant-in-Aid fund will be acknowledged in the

Society's newsletter and on the ASSC’s website, unless contributors prefer to re-

main anonymous.

Please make contributions before April 10, 2012 to support this year’s Grant-in-

Aid recipients. Donations can be made via PayPal by using the link on our web-

site: http://www.assc.net/grant-in-aid/call-for-donations

Thank you in advance for your support of this important program!