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Archaeology, Collections, Fieldwork, Internships, Preservation, Uncategorized

“My name is Madeline Graham; I am a rising senior in the Historic Preservation Department at the College of Charleston interning with Drayton Hall’s Preservation Department. Each day is filled…

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Archaeology, Education, Uncategorized

Today, Colonial Carolina camper-historians learned about archaeology.  Our very own Archaeologist, Sarah Stroud, displayed actual artifacts from on-site excavations.  Ranging from different ceramics to dolls and lead shot, these artifacts demonstrate…

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Archaeology, Education

If you would like to see some photogrpahs from the first Preservation Wednesday program, visit our Flickr site.  Many thanks to all of our wonderful volunteers who participated and helped…

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Archaeology

The past few months were busy ones for the archaeologists at Drayton Hall. In the previous blog post, our director described the arrival of the “mystery watercolor,” which prompted new…

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Archaeology

The story continues! Here is a video taken one week after the previous video posting on the current archaeological investigations of the north flanker. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMBOMfA1S_0&hl=en&fs=1&]

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Archaeology, Landscape

Here’s this week’s update on the most recent discoveries relating to the archaeological investigations at the north flanker site. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeFrL-rQBnk&hl=en&fs=1]

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