Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Higher Education
An overview of the archaeological excavations at Fort Frederick.
Archaeology
Resources on archaeology on Knowitall.org.
October is SC Archaeology Month.
Resources on archaeology on Knowitall.org.
October is SC Archaeology Month. Facebook: Archaeological Society of South Carolina
Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Higher Education
280 years ago, the colonial government in Port Royal conceded to the settlers’ demands for a new fort for protection from a Spanish incursion. Although its original mission was short-lived, in 1863...
Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Higher Education
Tabby was the concrete of 18th century coastal Carolina. Making tabby is nearly a lost art, but is kept alive today by a master craftsman.
Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Higher Education
Engaging the public in archaeology around South Carolina is a key mission for SCDNR and archaeologists everywhere.
Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Higher Education
Episode
1
Port Royal Sound has unique characteristics that make it the epicenter for some of the most important events in American History. Fort Frederick saw its share. An archaeological survey begins.
Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Higher Education
Episode
9
The crumbling tabby of Fort Frederick will stand for another generation, now as a focus of Beaufort’s Reconstruction Era National Park.
Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Higher Education
Episode
4
Time has degraded the tabby walls of the old fort. A master craftsman has the right recipe for restoration.
Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Higher Education
Episode
3
The Colonials arrive in Port Royal and the Crown allocates funds for a fort.
Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Higher Education
Episode
2
Ancient American Indians were the first occupiers of Port Royal. The plan for a large archaeological expedition are finalized.
Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Higher Education
Episode
8
Archaeology at Fort Frederick reaches full speed as the public is engaged in the project.
Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Higher Education
Episode
5
The fort holds clues to the lives of the enslaved men, women and children who built the South.
Video
Grades
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
Episode
2
At Spanish Mount, a shell midden near Fig Island, archaeologists investigate the footways of ancient indigenous Americans.
Video
Grades
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
Episode
1
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...
Video
Grades
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
Episode
6
Rising seas and coastal storms threaten to erase the evidence of some important chapters in South Carolina’s history.
Video
Grades
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
Episode
8
Archaeologists discuss how these rings may have been used and why they were abandoned.
Video
Grades
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
Episode
7
The Big Dig. Archaeologists investigate Pockoy Island with a large team of scientists, field school students and volunteers.
Video
Grades
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
Episode
4
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.
Video
Grades
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
Episode
5
Scientists discover the tools, pottery and decorative items left behind forty centuries ago.
Video
Grades
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
Episode
3
The center of these shell rings, called plazas, hold important clues to how these rings were used.
Video
Grades
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
Scientists at the University of Georgia’s Center for Applied Isotope Study use an accelerator mass spectrometer to count Carbon-14 isotopes to determine the age of ancient material.
Video
Grades
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
Archaeologists preserve an excavation in three dimensions using a new photographic technique.
Video
Grades
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
The shifting sands of the barrier island hold one of the most important ecosystems on the planet.
Video
Grades
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
An experimental archaeologist recreates the tools used by indigenous Americans in the Late Archaic period.
Video
Grades
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
Archaeologists survey an early Spanish settlement on Parris Island using ground penetrating radar, magnetometry and resistivity.
Related Series
Archaeo-Tech
Investigating the Ring People in the coastal zone requires scientists of many disciplines. The technology of archaeology goes far beyond shovels.
Fort Hill Plantation
Fort Hill, the antebellum plantation of John C. Calhoun, South Carolina’s pre-eminent 19th century statesman.
Natural State
A Natural State explores how people express a love for nature by shaping, twisting, carving, and weaving materials collected from the landscape.
Palmetto Scene
Palmetto Scene was a South Carolina video magazine that explored the people, places, and culture of the Palmetto State.
Pee Dee Explorer
Pee Dee Explorer features over six hours of video vignettes that characterize the natural, cultural, and agricultural landscapes of the Pee Dee region of South Carolina. Pee Dee Explorer is divided into chapters...
