Explore world cultures before 1600 A.D.
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The center of these shell rings, called plazas, hold important clues to how these rings were used.
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Scientists discover the tools, pottery and decorative items left behind forty centuries ago.
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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.
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The Big Dig. Archaeologists investigate Pockoy Island with a large team of scientists, field school students and volunteers.
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Archaeologists discuss how these rings may have been used and why they were abandoned.
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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...
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At Spanish Mount, a shell midden near Fig Island, archaeologists investigate the footways of ancient indigenous Americans.
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4,00 thousand years ago an ancient device, the atlatl, propelled spears with great accuracy and speed.
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An aerial 3D laser scanning system detects two mysterious circles on Pockoy Island.
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Archaeologists survey an early Spanish settlement on Parris Island using ground penetrating radar, magnetometry and resistivity.