Archaeology at South Adger's Wharf: A Study of the Redan at Tradd Street

Book

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Archaeology at South Adger's Wharf: A Study of the Redan at Tradd Street

Entry/Object ID

2013.002.001

Description

Report on the archaeological excavations done at South Adger's Wharf on the Redan at Tradd Street. Contents: Introduction (The Walled City, The Walled City Task Force, etc.) -- Historical Background (Early Charleston, Charleston's colonial defenses, Eighteenth century Charleston, Charleston's colonial markets, Charleston's commercial waterfronts) -- Fieldwork -- Cultural Materials -- Architecture of the Walled City (Architecture of the Tradd Street redan, Granville Bastion, Granville Bastion to Ashley Bastion, The Half Moon Battery, Carteret Bastion, City Gate and Johnson's Ravelin, etc.) -- The Lower Market (Provisioning the city, Evidence of the market, the beef market assemblage, The beef market and lower market, etc.) -- Development of the Waterfront (The urban waterfront, Anatomy of a wharf, Archaeology of the waterfront, Site formation processes, Waterfront refuse, The waterfront and sanitation) xii, 296 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. (spiralbound)

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2013.002.

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2013)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Waterfronts, Markets, Wharves

Search Terms

South Adger's Wharf, Tradd Street, Excavations (Archaeology)--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston (S.C.)--Antiquities, Forts and fortifications

Book Details

Author

Butler, Nicholas, Poplin, Eric C. Pemberton, Katherine Zierden, Martha A.

Series

Charleston Museum Archaeological Contributions

Publisher

Charleston Museum

Place Published

City

Charleston

State/Province

South Carolina

Country

United States of America

Date Published

2012

Call No.

CC77 .H5 S68 2012

Notes

Copy No.: 0

Location

Location

Shelf

Books

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: By Nicholas Butler, Eric Poplin, Katherine Pemberton, Martha Zierden, The Walled City Task Force. Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-255). "October 2012. Prepared for the City of Charleston and Mayor Riley's Walled City Task Force."--T.p. The Charleston Museum archaeological contributions, 45. Also available in PDF on CD and on ExternalHardDrive MyPassport1.

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Create Date

January 16, 2013

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Update Date

March 30, 2023