(Columbia) January 10, 2006 - The University of South Carolina is
accepting registrations from volunteers to help excavate ancient
archaeological sites along the Savannah River from May 2 - June 3, 2006.
The expedition will be led by USC archaeologist Dr. Albert Goodyear,
whose discoveries at the Topper site in Allendale County have captured
international media attention.
Volunteers will learn excavation techniques and how to identify Clovis
and pre-Clovis artifacts. The cost is $416 per week ($350 is tax
deductible) and includes evening lectures and programs, lunch and
evening meals, a book on Paleoindian culture and a T-shirt. Lodging,
which is not included in the fee, is available at a nearby camp site or
in motels 30 minutes from the dig sites.
Volunteers can register online at www.allendale-expedition.net or by calling 803-777-8170.
Goodyear's search for a pre-Clovis culture began in Allendale County in
1998 when he found artifacts that dated 16,000 years. In May 2004,
volunteers who excavated at the site were part of a monumental
discovery.
With their help, Goodyear dug through the Pleistocene terrace soil,
some 4 meters below the ground surface, and found artifacts similar to
the pre-Clovis forms he has excavated previously.
Radiocarbon tests of carbonized plant remains in the surrounding
sediment indicated that the artifacts were at least 50,000 years old,
which placed humans in North America long before the last ice age, an
explosive revelation in American archaeology.
Over the past eight years, Goodyear and his volunteers have amassed an
impressive body of evidence that a pre-Clovis people existed, slowly
eroding the long-held theory by archaeologists that man arrived in
North America around 13,000 years ago.
Questions should be directed to the e-mail address:
Posted 1:22pm by Bryce Mursch
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