Should you have additional questions about the project, contact David G. It will be directed to the complementary goals of student training, public education, and basic research. Anderson, assisted by a number of graduate students and professional archaeologists from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and other institutions of higher education. Additional information about the Topper Site, and the research that has been conducted there in years past, can be found at: Accordingly, we agree to follow their rules and regulations. Archroma is graciously making their public campground available to project participants, as well as a large pavilion called the picnic shelter for use as a laboratory and for lectures and public talks, which are expected to occur most afternoons and early evening each day the field work is underway. The project will be based at the Archroma company property in Martin, South Carolina. Students will receive training in a wide range of archaeological field survey, excavation, and analysis procedures over the course of the three week field program. The fieldwork will be directed towards the prehistoric archaeological sites at the Topper in Allendale County, South Carolina. Enrolled students successfully completing the field school will receive 3 semester credit hours under ANTH 430 or ANTH 530, Fieldwork in Archaeology. The Topper Site Field School is an official University of Tennessee, Knoxville field school. If you would like to contribute to this project and check out our current progress, please check out our 2016 Newsletter! Topper Site Field School Field schools run by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Department of Anthropology in the summers of 20, as well as the ongoing laboratory work are focused on excavating and analyzing these Late Prehistoric materials. Likewise, a remarkable Late Woodland occupation has been found at the site, roughly dating from ca. 13,250 to 12,850 cal yr BP, are among the densest ever found in North America. The Clovis remains from the site, from a culture dating from ca. The Topper site is one of the most remarkable Paleoindian sites ever found in the Southeastern United States, with well-preserved remains dating from the present back to upwards of 13,000 calendar years before the present. Woodland Block East at the Topper Site (38AL23), highlighting the Late Precontact occupation features.
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