Fort Frederick, Chapter 9
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The crumbling tabby of Fort Frederick will stand for another generation, now as a focus of Beaufort’s Reconstruction Era National Park.Resources on archaeology on Knowitall.org.
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The crumbling tabby of Fort Frederick will stand for another generation, now as a focus of Beaufort’s Reconstruction Era National Park.Video
Time has degraded the tabby walls of the old fort. A master craftsman has the right recipe for restoration.Video
The Colonials arrive in Port Royal and the Crown allocates funds for a fort.Video
Ancient American Indians were the first occupiers of Port Royal. The plan for a large archaeological expedition are finalized.Video
Archaeology at Fort Frederick reaches full speed as the public is engaged in the project.Video
The fort holds clues to the lives of the enslaved men, women and children who built the South.Video
At Spanish Mount, a shell midden near Fig Island, archaeologists investigate the footways of ancient indigenous Americans.Video
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
Rising seas and coastal storms threaten to erase the evidence of some important chapters in South Carolina’s history.Video
Archaeologists discuss how these rings may have been used and why they were abandoned.