The Allendale Paleoindian Expedition

The Allendale Paleoindian Expedition is directed by Albert C.Goodyear, Ph.D (Director, Southeastern Paleoamerican Survey, goodyear@sc.edu). Al Goodyear joined the Institute in 1974. He received his doctorate from Arizona State University in 1976. He is a Research Professor in the Research Division. His research interests include prehistoric hunter-gatherers, stone tool technology, geoarchaeology, and Paleoamerican studies. He is the Director and founder of the Southeastern Paleoamerican Survey (SEPAS), a program designed to search for the earliest humans in the southeastern U.S. He has published extensively on prehistoric lithic technology, Paleoindians, the Pleistocene-Holocene transition, and geoarchaeological applications.

Since 1998, Goodyear has been leading excavations at the Topper site, a Clovis and preClovis site in Allendale County, SC on the Savannah River. This research has been conducted through the Allendale Paleoindian Expedition, an excavation program utilizing volunteers from the public. Additional information is available at www.allendale-expedition.net.