Posted on 04/08/2012 6:08:03 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
The University of South Carolina is accepting registrations from volunteers to help excavate archaeological sites along the Savannah River April 30-June 2.
The expedition will be led by archaeologist Albert Goodyear, whose discoveries at the Topper site in Allendale County have captured international media attention.
Volunteers will learn excavation techniques and how to identify Clovis and pre-Clovis artifacts in several prehistoric chert quarries. This year, some volunteers may also be involved in the excavation of a nearby Paleoamerican site known as the Charles site.
The cost is $488 per week ($400 is tax-deductible) and includes evening lectures and programs, lunch and evening meals, a workbook and a T-shirt. Lodging, which is not included in the fee, is available at a nearby campsite or in motels 30 minutes from the dig sites.
A $60 deposit is required, payable to the USC Educational Foundation and mailed to Albert Goodyear, S.C. Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, 1321 Pendleton St., Columbia, SC 29208. Volunteers can register online or by calling 803-576-6579.
Goodyear's search for a pre-Clovis culture -- ice age man in South Carolina -- began in Allendale County in 1998 when he found artifacts that dated back 16,000 years. In May 2004, volunteers excavating the site were part of a monumental discovery. Pre-Clovis artifacts found in the Pleistocene terrace soil, some four meters (12-13 feet) below the ground surface, were radiocarbon-dated to be at least 50,000 years old, which placed humans in North America long before the last ice age.
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Thanks upchuck!
Stela! Stela!!!
I third what Hetty_Fauxvert and SuzyQue said.
If one has the time to do this it would be so cool. Hopefully I can clear a couple of weeks for this.
It’s an interesting approach — the participants fund needed activities, bypassing the need for grants, which are often difficult to find, at best.
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