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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

  1. Institution Name:
    University of South Carolina
  2. Department Title:
    Department of Anthropology
  3. Faculty in Historical/Underwater Archaeology:
    1. Casey, Joanna (Ph.D., Toronto 1993; Assoc. Prof.) ethnoarchaeology, Late Stone Age African archaeology, West Africa.
    2. Ferguson, Leland (Ph.D., UNC-Chapel Hill 1971; Dist. Prof. Emeritus) historical archaeology, African and Native Americans, complex societies.
    3. Kelly, Kenneth G. (Ph.D., UCLA 1995; Assoc. Prof.) historical archaeology, African archaeology, African Diaspora, Caribbean, plantations.
    4. Wagner, Gail E. (Ph.D., Washington U, St. Louis 1987; Assoc. Prof.) paleoethnobotany, complex societies, contact-period Native Americans, Eastern Woodlands.
    5. Weik, Terrance (Ph.D., Florida 2002; Assoc. Prof.) historical archaeology, African Diaspora, Maroon settlements, U.S. Southeast, Latin America, GIS. Other Related Faculty/Staff:
    6. Christopher A. Amer (M.A., Texas A&M 1986; State Underwater Archaeologist; Assoc. Dir., Maritime Research Division, S. Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology [SCIAA]; SCIAA/U S Carolina [U.S.C]) nautical archaeology, ship and boat construction and architecture, submerged cultural resources.
    7. Edward R. Carr (Ph.D., Syracuse 2001; Ph.D., Kentucky 2002; Assoc. Prof. Geography) development, human dimensions of global change, ethnographic and archaeological methods, Africa.
    8. Charles R. Cobb (Ph.D., 1988 Southern Illinois, Carbondale; Prof. Anthropology, Director SCIAA) colonialism, political economy, lithic analysis, southeastern United States.
    9. Christopher Ohm Clement (Ph.D., Florida 1995; SCIAA/U.S.C) historical archaeology, plantation archaeology.
    10. Chester DePratter (Ph.D., Georgia 1983; Res. Prof., SCIAA and Inst. for Southern Studies; Assoc. Dir. Res. Div. SCIAA) prehistoric and contact-period archaeology, ethnohistory, U.S. Southeast.
    11. J. Christopher Gillam (Ph.D., U.S.C, Geography; SCIAA/U.S.C) anthropology, geographic information systems.
    12. King, Adam (Ph.D. Georgia 1996, SCIAA/USC) Complex societies, political organization, regional scale change, art and iconography, ceramic analysis, Southeastern US
    13. Jonathan M. Leader (Ph.D., Florida 1988; State Archaeologist, Head, Office of the State Archaeologist; Conservator, SCIAA/U.S.C) archaeometallurgy, objects conservation, CRM, ethnohistory, prehistoric and historical archaeology, museology, remote sensing.
    14. Steven D. Smith (M.A., Kentucky 1983; Assoc. Dir. Applied Res. Div.; SCIAA/U.S.C) historical archaeology, CRM, military sites archaeology.
    15. James D. Spirek (M.A., E. Carolina 1993; Archaeologist, SCIAA/U.S.C) underwater archaeology, submerged CRM.
    16. Saddler Taylor (M.A., Western Kentucky 1998; Curator of Folklife and Research) communal foodways, community-based music traditions, folk narrative.
  4. General Statement:
    The Department of Anthropology at the University of South Carolina offers the M.A. and, as of 2005, the Ph.D. in Anthropology. Our program offers instruction in the four traditional sub-fields of anthropology: archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and physical/biological anthropology. University of South Carolina has offered the M.A. degree in anthropology with a focus on historical archaeology for over 20 years, making it one of the longest-running historical archaeology programs in the U.S. Students have worked on a wide range of historical-archaeological topics, with a concentration on the archaeology of the African-American experience and the African Diaspora. The emphasis of the four-field Department of Anthropology, with 16 full-time faculty, is on comparative diasporas and social justice. Several programs offered by the university can supplement the M.A. and Ph.D degree coursework, including certificates in Women’s Studies and Museum Studies and courses in historic preservation, African American Studies, and GIS. In addition to thesis and dissertation topics associated with faculty research projects, employment and research opportunities are available with SCIAA and its collections. Other resources available to students include the Caroliniana collection of historical documents related to the state’s history, and the holdings of the Thomas Cooper Library, recently ranked among the top 50 research libraries in the United States. We also offer a Certificate Program in Historical Archaeology and CRM for students in other degree and non-degree programs.
  5. For More Information Contact:
    Kenneth Kelly, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA; phone: 803-777-6500; fax: 803-777-0259; Email: kenneth.kelly@sc.edu; Web page: http://www.sc.edu/.