Update on Archaeology Month

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Submitted by Grace Cordial on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 10:39am

The AM Team 2010 has two presentations planned to celebrate Archaeology Month this year:

Tues., Oct. 19th, at High Noon in the Large meeting room at Bluffton Branch Library: Mary Socci, Palmetto Bluff's resident archaeologist, will speak on "18th Century Science and Architecture at a Lowcountry Plantation." You can bring your own lunch to the presentation.

Tues., Oct. 26th, at 5:30 pm in County Council Chambers, 100 Ribaut Road, Beaufort: Carl Steen, the archaeologist responsible for the recent dig at the new St. Helena Branch Library site, will speak on his work at Penn Center as well as other historic sites relating to "Gullah Archaeology." Co-presenting with him is Dr. Jodi Barnes, the new State Historic Preservation Office archaeologist.

Please mark these dates and times in your calendars and plan to join us.

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About the Author

Grace Cordial has been responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Beaufort District Collection at the Beaufort County Library since 1999.  The Beaufort District Collection exists to acquire, preserve, maintain and make accessible a research collection of permanent value which records the history, culture, and environment of our part of the South Carolina lowcountry.  Besides the research room, Cordial oversees the “Virtual BDC:” the BDC web pages, the Online Obituary Index, the Phosphate, Farms, and Family digital collection, and the Connections blog.  
 
Among her duties is to coordinate or present programs about local history and our coastal environment, including the occasional instructional session about how to perform historical and/or genealogical research.