Westo (Culture Keyword)
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Charles C. Jones' classic work of Southeastern archaeology and ethnohistory was the result of observations on his extensive collection (nearly 20,000 specimens in the 1890s), his field observations, and his correspondence with other researchers and scholars of the time. In the book, he documents a number of archaeological sites (such as Stallings Island and Etowah) and describes objects in the collection in comparison to similar items found throughout the Southeast and Midwest. Moreover, he...
Particpants and Presence: Examining Late 17th and Early 18th Century Indigenous and European Trade Along Charleston's Frontier (2022)
In 2018, Brockington and Associates archaeologists conducted data recovery excavations focusing on site 38DR87, representing Andrew Percival’s late 17th -century Weston Hall, located in southern Dorchester County, South Carolina. In 1674, Lord Ashley Cooper appointed Percival to oversee trade with Indigenous groups and construct Ashley’s plantation, St. Giles Kussoe. By 1691, after a falling-out with Lord Ashley, Percival began living at Weston Hall. The former home is positioned on a high...