South Adger's Wharf Excavations

Photograph

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Historic Charleston Foundation

S Adgers Wharf Dig: Origsize: 38 x 25 @300 dpi; Origformat: Digital Image; Resolution: 75 dpi
S Adgers Wharf Dig

Origsize: 38 x 25 @300 dpi; Origformat: Digital Image; Resolution: 75 dpi

Name/Title

South Adger's Wharf Excavations

Entry/Object ID

2008.003.1

Description

119 digital photographs (on DVD) of the excavations of South Adgers Wharf in search of a brick intermediary redan of the wall that fortified Charleston. Photo #1 (left to right): Blair Stec, Martha Zierden, Andrew Agha, Eric Poplin, Jimmy Lefebre, Nic Butler, Katherine Saunders, and Ron Anthony (kneeling).

Context

The long anticipated and highly successful archaeological dig in South Adger's Wharf at East Bay Street was begun on January 3, 2008, and lasted for nearly two weeks. The excavations yielded up important information about the colonial fortifications, as well as the lower market that was located on the site in the last half of the 18th century. The project also generated a great deal of interest in the community and an almost overwhelming number of early artifacts. The archaeology was conducted by Eric Poplin and crew from Brockington and Associates and by Martha Zierden and Ron Anthony of The Charleston Museum under the auspices of the Mayor's Walled City Task Force. The City of Charleston provided the bulk of the funding. Additional funding was provided by the Post and Courier Foundation and private donors with in-kind support coming from Charleston Water System in the form of equipment and crew and by Historic Charleston Foundation with signage, educational materials and staff time. HCF has also acted as the fiscal agent for the project. We were joined by over forty volunteers and hundreds of onlookers each day. The excavations also received a great deal of media coverage with a number of segments produced by Debi Chard at Live 5 News, and newspaper articles by Robert Behre of the Post and Courier just to name a few. To see photos of the excavations and to read more about the project and how it progressed day by day, go to http://walledcitytaskforce.org/.

Collection

HCF Image Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2008.003.

Source or Donor

New Photos Catalog Records (2008)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Historic Charleston Foundation

Date made

2008

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Archaeology

Search Terms

South Adger's Wharf, Walled City, Forts and fortifications--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston (S.C.)--Archaeological sites, Excavations (Archaeology)--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Photograph, Digital

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

JPGs at 300 dpi

Location

Location

Container

PhotoBox 9

Shelf

AV Materials

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Copyright

Copyright Details

In copyright

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Participants included: Experts: Chris Ziegler (fortification design), Doug Scott (masonry), Frank Genello (masonry) Crew: Eric Poplin, Andrew Agha, Jimmy Lefebre, Blair Stec, Damon Jackson, Brian Falls, Inna Burns, Scott Kitchens (from Brockington); Martha Zierden*, Ron Anthony (both from Charleston Museum); James "Tiny" Bonnett, Leroy Young (both from Charleston Water System); Katherine Saunders* (Historic Charleston Foundation); Nic Butler* (Charleston County Public Library) Volunteers: Andrew Anthony, Meagan Baco, Faythe Benson, Jeremy Bradham, Laura Burghardt, Ashley Chapman, Fred Delia, Eve Egan, Cindy Ellis, Art Ellis, Karen Emmons, Scott Emmons, Amy Eudaly, Jessica Golebiowski, Christine Heacock, Adrienne Jacobsen, Dee Dee Joyce, Scott Kitchens, George Lathan, Katie Lawrance, Susan Leland, Noah Letter, Ian MacDonald, Thomas Meacher, Ruth Miller, Jennifer Mortensen, Bridget O'Brien, Chris Ohm, John (Horry) Parker, Matt Pelz, Neal Polhemus, Diane Puleo, Barbara Bellows Rockefeller, Kevan-Ann Spangler, Alan Stello*, Cicek Tascioga, John Wall, Martha Wallace, Mary Lou Weller, Britton Williams, George Williams, Harriet Williams, Phoebe Willis, Gina Wurst Press Coverage: Debi Chard (Live 5 News), Robert Behre (Post & Courier), Channel 4, Channel 2, Andy Thomas Radio Show *Walled City Task Force member

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

January 30, 2008

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

July 25, 2023