Santa Elena Archaeological Dig | 27:Fifty (1991)

Details of an archaeological dig of Santa Elena near Parris Island, South Carolina, are shared by two archaeologists involved in the project. The director of the project, Stanley South, and the co-director, Dr. Chester DePratter, provide details about what has been discovered and what they hope to learn.

Standards

• This indicator was written to promote inquiry into the unique development of ethnic, political, and religious identities in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies.
  • This indicator was developed to promote inquiry into how European colonization impacted the interaction among African, European, and Native American cultural groups.
• This indicator was designed to encourage inquiry into the geographic and human factors that contributed to the development of South Carolina’s economic system. This indicator was also written to encourage inquiry into South Carolina’s distinct social and economic system as influenced by British Barbados.
  • 8.1.E Utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources to examine multiple perspectives and influences of the economic, political, and social effects of South Carolina’s settlement and colonization on the development of various forms of governm...