Upcoming & Concurrent

Digging Through the Past: Exploring the Archaeological Resources at USC

This spring semester, Dr. Kelly Goldberg is teaching an Honors archaeology course ("Digging Through the Past: Exploring the Archaeological Resources at USC") in which students will be conducting excavations on the Horseshoe to explore the university's past. 

Archaeology Field School Summer 2024 

Are you a student at USC and interested in archaeology? Join Dr. Kelly Goldberg and others this summer to learn about archaeology!

For more information: email Dr. Goldberg at goldbeke@mailbox.sc.edu

Past Events

Photogrammetry Workshop Spring 2023

In February 2023, Dr. Kelly Goldberg (College of Arts & Sciences), Carla Klehm and Malcolm Williamson from the University of Arkansas' Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, gave a two-day photogrammetry workshop through a McCausland Innovation Grant.

Public Volunteer Lab Nights Fall 2023

During fall semester 2023, Dr. Kelly Goldberg hosted volunteer public lab nights at USC in which volunteers learned how to wash archaeological artifacts from various sites across South Carolina. 

HBCU Spring Break Excavations at Rose Hill Plantation 2023

Students from HBCUs around South Carolina spent their Spring Break excavating Rose Hill Plantation. Their goal was to uncover artifacts from the African American workers who lived and worked there to better understand their lives while on the plantation. 

Archaeology Field School Summer 2023

For six weeks in summer 2023, USC students participated in an archaeological field school at Sesquicentennial State Park in Columbia, SC under Dr. Kelly Goldberg. 

HBCU Spring Break Excavations at Redcliffe Plantation 2024

This past spring break, students from HBCUs around South Carolina joined Dr. Kelly Goldberg at Redcliffe Plantation to excavate and learn more about its past.