Educational Tabby Structure Garden
Cosette Scott | SCDNR Heritage Trust Program | Archaeology Intern Structures of all kinds have been built by people throughout history. It is one of the three basic human needs…
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Archaeology of Fort Frederick: Finding Importance in the “Trash” of the Past
Anna Mueller | SCDNR Heritage Trust Program | Archaeology Intern “It’s just pieces of junk, why does it matter?” I’m sure archaeologists have heard this question from the public countless times.…
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History of Edgefield, South Carolina
Emily Hipp | SCDNR Heritage Trust Program | Archaeology Intern Over the summer of 2022, I spent my time as an intern for the SCDNR Archeology team. We were tasked…
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Beads Found at the Fort Frederick Heritage Preserve
Liz Simpson | SCDNR Heritage Trust Program | Archaeology Intern For the past six weeks I have worked as an intern with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR)…
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Reconstructing the Reconstructed: Digitally Recreating 1,900-Year-Old Pottery Designs
Archaeologists study clues found in the designs of artifacts, just like a fingerprint, to learn more about their creators.
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3D Technology in the Field of Archaeology
Technology in the field of archaeology is expanding to include virtual reality, offering 3D digital views of cultural heritage artifacts and locations.
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Saving Bald Rock
Upstate Friends group partners with SCDNR to clean up iconic mountain heritage preserve Article by Greg Lucas When visitors come to Bald Rock Heritage Preserve, their breath is taken…
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SCDNR Fisheries Intern Learns How to Raise and Stock Trout
SCDNR intern Sarah Armstrong shares how her interest in fisheries genetic research led to a summer job at the Walhalla State Fish Hatchery in Mountain Rest, where she helped raise thousands of brown, brook and rainbow trout on a day-to-day basis.
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Preparing Vessels for a Traveling Exhibit
During the summer of 2021, S.C. Department of Natural Resources archaeology interns helped to prepare an exciting exhibit of more than three hundred pottery vessels representing different periods in South Carolina history. The exhibit explores the tradition, function and history of these handmade treasures.
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Reconstructing Pottery from the Pockoy Island Shell Rings
Ceramic artifacts are highly valued by archaeologists because they can tell us a great deal about past peoples. Learn how archaeologists at the S.C. Department of Natural Resources use digital modeling to create a more precise image of the size and shape of pottery vessels used by native Americans thousands of years ago.
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