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Charleston office featured in article about Dean Hall plantation exhibit
May 25, 2010
Brockington's Charleston office was prominently featured in a Post and Courier article today about the Dean Hall plantation exhibit, scheduled to open at Cypress Gardens on June 7. Brockington archaeologists, historians, laboratory specialists, exhibit designers and project managers have all collaborated to interpret a significant find of Colonoware at the Dean Hall site, which revealed new information about the folkways of the enslaved population that lived and worked there.
Brockington archaeologist to give lecture
May 19, 2010
Andrew Agha, senior archaeologist with Brockington and Associates, will be giving a public lecture titled "African-American Industry and Traditions in South Carolina: Case Studies from the Lowcountry to Highlands" on June 1 in Barry, Ill. as part of the Marvin J and Thomas Leo Likes Memorial Lecture Series.
Agha will discuss the recent excavations at Dean Hall Plantation in Berkeley County, South Carolina, which uncovered 127,000 artifacts, including 57,000 colonoware sherds. Analysis of these sherds has helped shed light on the folkways of the enslaved people at Dean Hall plantation.
The lecture series is part of the New Philadelphia 2010 Archaeological Research Project Field School in Archaeology and Laboratory Techniques, which aims to uncover the history of New Philadelphia, Ill., a multi-racial farming community founded by freed slaves.
Click here for more information about the lecture series.
VCP featured in stories about Barrow bill
May 17, 2010
The Veterans Curation Program was featured in two stories Friday regarding Rep. John Barrow (GA-12) introducing a bill to permanently authorize funding for the program. Barrow's bill, H.R. 5282, would allow approximately 100 veterans each year to participate in the program, double the current number.
News 12 Augusta story
Georgia Public Broadcasting story
Rep. John Barrow introduces bill to permanently fund VCP
May 13, 2010
Rep. John Barrow, GA-12, recently introduced a bill to permanently fund the Veterans Curation Program. The congressman represents the Augusta area, home to one of three VCP labs around the country. The others are located in St. Louis, Mo. and Washington, D.C.
"This program is an absolute win-win and needs to be supported," Barrow stated in a news release. "The Corps needs to catalogue these artifacts, and who better
to hire than our men and women returning home from war?"
Barrow's bill would expand funding for the VCP, currently supported by $3.5 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to allow the program to double in size from 50 veterans to 100.
Veterans Curation Program featured in National Park Service newsletter
May 10, 2010
The National Park Service's Archaeology Program newsletter recently featured an article about the Veterans Curation Program. Through the Archaeology Program, the NPS works with numerous federal agencies to guide their archaeological efforts and ensure the preservation of the nation's cultural resources.
Click here to read the article on page 5 of the PDF.
Indiana University features partnership with VCP
Apr 28, 2010
The Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology at Indiana University Bloomington is partnering with the Veterans Curation Program, according to the university's web site. Vets at the St. Louis lab are processing and cataloging collections from a Southern Indiana archaeological dig.
Tim Baumann, curator of collections at the Glenn Black Lab, helped train the vets in St. Louis.
"I think this project is opening the vets' eyes," Baumann said in the article. "I
think they now understand the human legacy of the United States in a new
way as well as all the disciplines and fields in which archaeology has
applications."
The History Workshop in the news for Aiken Railroad Depot exhibit
Apr 28, 2010
Carol Poplin, Senior Project Manager with the History Workshop, was featured in the Aiken Standard today for her work creating exhibits for the newly renovated Aiken Railroad Depot. The project is expected to be completed within the next couple of months.
Veterans Curation Program highlighted in Corps video
Apr 15, 2010
In a video posted to YouTube, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers visits the Veterans Curation Progam at the new lab in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opens third VCP lab in D.C.
Mar 31, 2010
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers celebrated the opening of its third Veterans Curation Program lab today at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
Brockington and Associates is contracted with the Army Corps of Engineers to establish, train and manage the three VCP labs.
The three VCP labs include Augusta, Ga., St. Louis and the newest, Washington D.C., which opened in January. Veterans and active duty military with disabilities are being trained to process archaeological artifacts and documents.
For more information about Brockington and the VCP, please e-mail Communications Director Maggie Large or call 678-638-4137.
Brockington Archaeologists make landmark Revolutionary War discovery
Mar 01, 2010
Brockington archaeologists recently made a landmark discovery in Revolutionary War history. While working on a project for the South Carolina Department of Transportation, Scott Butler, Patrick Severts and James Page found the battlefield where Buford's Massacre took place. The find may change the course of military history.
Butler spoke to the Lancaster News for a story on the discovery.
"The most remarkable thing of all is that we have found an undisturbed battlefield that is totally intact," Butler said. "I don't think you know how unusual a find like this is."
To read the full story, click here.
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