The South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA) was established in 1963 as a University of South Carolina research institute and a State cultural resource management agency. As the latter, it serves as the main State agency concerned with South Carolina's Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology, and its discovery, study, revelation, and official safekeeping at a curatorial facility. As a University research institute, SCIAA initiates and conducts a broad range of field research and collections research throughout the State, participates in a very wide range of USC activities and duties, and contributes to the University infrastructure, and the USC publication series.

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The Archaeology of the Recent African American Past The 2009 Post-doctoral Fellows Conference: The Archaeology of the Recent African American Past will be held February 27-28. This year’s conference focuses on the archaeology of African American lives in the recent past, or how African peoples experienced freedom in the United States. See the Conference web page for additional information.	ArchSite South Carolina's on-line GIS for archaeological and architectural cultural resource management. More information is located at:    ArchSite Home   Subscription Overview