Students, faculty present at regional conference

CCU students presented their research from the 2010 archaeological field school at the Eastern States Archaeological Federation annual conference (www.esaf-archeology.org).This prestigious regional conference brings together scholars from the Eastern U.S. to share data and new ideas pertaining to their archaeological research. The conference this year was held in Williamsburg, Va., from Oct. 28-31.

The following students presented papers:

Lindsay Weirich (with Julia Mills, a nonCCU student who also took the summer field school): “Archaeological Excavations on the 'Street': The Oaks Plantation, Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina”

Meghan Mumford and Chris McHugh: “Salvage Investigations of the Government Shipyard of Conway Borough, South Carolina”

Jess Hendrix: “Excavations of a 19th Century Cabin at the Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina”

Archaeological professor Carolyn Dillian also presented: “Coastal Carolina University’s 2010 Archaeological Field School: Bridging Academics and Community”