A Historic Charleston Foundation Fundraiser
Native American Archaeology in South Carolina; Food for Thought Lecture (1)
Fri, Apr 10
|Capt. James Missroon House
Explore 12,000 years of South Carolina Native American history through archaeological sites and artifacts from the coast to the mountains with USC archaeologist and professor, Christopher Judge. Light lunch included. $55
Time & Location
Apr 10, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Capt. James Missroon House, 40 E Bay St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
About the event
This Food for Thought Lecture will explore the deep and enduring history of Native American cultures in South Carolina, drawing on archaeological evidence that spans more than 12,000 years—from the last Ice Age to the early colonial era. South Carolina’s landscape, stretching from the Atlantic coast to the Blue Ridge Mountains, contains a remarkable density of sites that reveal how Indigenous peoples adapted, innovated, and thrived across millennia.
Through artifacts such as Paleoindian spear points, shell middens from coastal hunter-fisher communities, Mississippian pottery, food remains, settlement structures, ceremonial objects, and everyday tools, archaeology provides a vivid portrait of the region’s earliest inhabitants. These materials tell stories of shifting climates, technological advances, trade networks that extended across the Southeast, and the rise of complex chiefdoms long before Europeans arrived.
Special attention will be given to the Indigenous peoples of the South Carolina Lowcountry, including groups such as the Cusabo, Sewee, Edisto, Wando, Kiawah,…
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