Archaeological Pathways to Historic Site Development

This extensively documented work explores the historic site of Charles Towne, South Carolina. In his excavation, Stanley South discovered the artifacts from not only the European occupation of the late 1600's but also the earlier remains of Native American settlements. In this work, South criticizes archaeologists who "discover" artifacts only from the historic period they are focusing on and ignore the evidence from other equally important periods.
This excavation and research from one of the foremost historical archaeologists in America is a valuable resource to historical archaeologists, historians and anthropologists, especially those involved in the southeastern United States.

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Project Background Introduction; R.L. Stephenson. Part I. The Historical Pathway at the Charles Towne Settlement 1670-1680: 1. The Historical Pathway. 2. The Methodological Pathway. 3. The Archaeological Pathway to the 1670 Fortifications. Part II. The Archaeological Pathway to the Eighteenth and Ninteenth Centuries: 4. Old Town Plantation. Part III. The Archaeological Pathway to Native Americans on Albermarle Point: 5. The Archaic, Formative and Developmental Periods. 6. A Pathway to the Climatic Period: A Ceremonial Center. 7. The Pottery Pathway at the Ceremonial Center. 8. The Material Culture Pathway to the Ceremonial Center. 9. The Pathway to Decline. Appendix. References. List of Figures. List of Tables. Index.