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Anne Worsham Richardson’s husband runs the administrative side of her art business. He briefly discusses what running the family business is like, along with some of his job duties. Anne Richardson...
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Students will research different continents in the world. They will use their information to create reminders of the cultures and traditions of these continents when they are discussed in later...
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The center of these shell rings, called plazas, hold important clues to how these rings were used.
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Scientists discover the tools, pottery and decorative items left behind forty centuries ago.
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12,000 years ago, the beach was 70 miles from Charleston. Visit the modern-day salt marsh - one of the most important ecosystems on the planet.
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The Big Dig. Archaeologists investigate Pockoy Island with a large team of scientists, field school students and volunteers.
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Archaeologists discuss how these rings may have been used and why they were abandoned.
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Fig island is the largest most complex shell structure known. It’s a trio of rings constructed with oyster shell by American Indians some 4,000 years ago. Fig Island has National Landmark status. Now...
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At Spanish Mount, a shell midden near Fig Island, archaeologists investigate the footways of ancient indigenous Americans.
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4,00 thousand years ago an ancient device, the atlatl, propelled spears with great accuracy and speed.