Finding Clovis Shorts: Why Dig? | Carolina Stories
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What’s it like when you get the archaeology “bug”?Video
What’s it like when you get the archaeology “bug”?Video
Camp life as a Topper volunteerVideo
Interview with Graham Dixon, producer of PBS science program Time Team America (2008)Video
“Avocational archaeologists” are encouraged to participate in the Allendale Paleoamerican Expedition, which occurs annually in the month of May.Video
Vision for a Science and Technology Center at USC Salkehatchie that would include a Topper laboratoryPhoto
The first builders of boats for transportation in North America were the tribes of Native Americans who greeted the European invaders with canoes. The canoes of the southeast woodlands tribes were...Audio
“A” is for Ayllón, Lucas Vázquez de [ca. 1480-1526]. Colonizer; Explorer. Ayllón, the founder of the first Spanish town in what is now the United States, was a native of Toledo, Spain. By 1504, he...Audio
“H” is for Hispanics. Hispanics are among South Carolina’s oldest and most recent immigrant groups. Long before English settlers landed at Jamestown, Spanish explorers laid claim to the territory in...Video
Clovis artifacts are found across North America about 13,000 plus or minus 100 years ago. It's a remarkable cultural tradition. Where did the Clovis people come from? Archeology textbooks say the...Video
Who were the first South Carolinians? The Clovis people were prehistoric nomads, fantastic hunters, and creators of amazing stone tools. This program takes a look at how these people arrived in South...