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Students will learn how maps are important primary resources for studying the past and how archaeologists can use historical maps to locate archaeological sites. This lesson plan covers how maps are...
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Standard 3.2.2.ER
3.2.2.ER - Identify and analyze the ways people interact with the physical environment in different regions of the state, the country, and the world.
Grade(s): 3
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2019
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Students learn about mollusks, their characteristics and habitats, and how their shells provide clues to the diet of ancient hunter-gatherers who lived on the South Carolina coast thousands of years...
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Students brainstorm examples of artifacts archaeologists might find in prehistoric South Carolina and then analyze photos of real artifacts to understand how archaeologists use them to learn about...
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Students build model beaches and use waves to simulate coastal erosion, observing how it disturbs and destroys archaeological sites. They then explore engineering solutions to reduce erosion and...
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Lake Jocassee is a 75,000-acre reservoir outside of Salem, South Carolina and is considered the jewel of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Mann-Simons Partial Family Tree Mann-Simons Family Portraits Case of Excavated Artifacts, Including A Rubber "Bouncy" Ball Photograph of John Lucius Simons, Sr.'s Sons: John Lucius Simons, Jr. (Left)...
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Scientists, and Students, and Volunteers! Oh, my!
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Pre-Clovis and Clovis artifacts found at Topper
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How were Clovis tools made?
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Learn how archeologists dig, plot, and catalog artifacts at Topper
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One possible explanation for destruction of the Clovis culture
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Were there people at the Topper site before Clovis?
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Where did the Clovis people come from?
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Topper is one of the very best sources for artifacts from the Clovis culture.
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Innovative technique for extracting Clovis artifacts
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Can it be proven that pre-Clovis artifacts found at Topper were really made by humans?
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May 28, 2001 report on pre-Clovis discoveries
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“Avocational archaeologists” are encouraged to participate in the Allendale Paleoamerican Expedition, which occurs annually in the month of May.
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Interview with Graham Dixon, producer of PBS science program Time Team America (2008)
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Camp life as a Topper volunteer
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What’s it like when you get the archaeology “bug”?
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The search for answers at Topper
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Exhibit at USC Salkehatchie
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Media interest in Topper since 2001