The Applied Research Division

The South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA) of the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, can provide a wide, flexible array of cultural resource management services. This document summarizes SCIAA capabilities.

AVAILABLE SERVICES

Services which SCIAA is equipped to provide include:

• 1) Cultural resource management surveys and assessments, and preparation of detailed cultural resource reports
  
• 2) Historic context/overview statements
  
• 3) Test excavation and evaluation of archaeological resources to determine national register eligibility status
  
• 4) Data recovery of archaeological resources
  
• 5) Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plans
  
• 6) Preparation of artifacts for long-term curation by stabilization and creation of data-base inventories

SCIAA PHYSICAL AND PERSONNEL SUPPORT

The South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology is a research institute administratively supported by the University of South Carolina (USC). It is mandated by two state laws, an enabling act (S.C. Code of Laws 60-13-210) and an underwater antiquities act (S.C. Code of Laws 54-7-610). The Institute currently has 29 full-time employees, 17 of whom are professional archaeologists (with advanced degrees). SCIAA is subdivided into divisions and programs including Research, the Office of the State Archaeologist, Administration, Underwater, and the Applied Research Division. Within these Divisions are support programs including publications, business, information management, curation, laboratory, and conservation, each with full-time staff. In addition, SCIAA provides numerous graduate and undergraduate opportunities and currently has eight students working in graduate, research, or work-study programs. SCIAA has complete wet and dry laboratories for the processing of artifacts, a small vehicle fleet (3 cars, two 4WD trucks), a full complement of field equipment for archaeological survey and excavation, and complete GPS/GIS capabilities. SCIAA has provided cultural resource management studies and basic research to South Carolina citizens since 1963.

The Applied Research Division (ARD) within SCIAA was established in 1992 specifically to provide cultural resource management services to federal, state and private agencies throughout the United States on a contract basis. It is this division within SCIAA that will provide services under any full proposal requested, with other SCIAA personnel in support as nationally recognized experts in prehistoric archaeology, historic archaeology and underwater archaeology. Recent ARD contracts have included historic research, data recovery and test excavations for the South Carolina Army National Guard (SCARNG) at the McCrady Training Facility and for Fort Jackson. It has also prepared and ICRMP for The SCARNG, historic context syntheses for Fort Polk, Louisiana and Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Historic research has included background research and GIS mapping of historic battlegrounds in South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee and African American military history at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Fort Huachuca, Arizona and Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Other small scale excavations have included archaeological exploration of an African American town site in Columbia.

As part of a major southern university the ARD has access to the full range of university facilities including on-campus computer facilities with GIS ARC/INFO capabilities, university fleet, libraries, and archives. The university operates, on a first-come-first-served-basis, a biweekly flight to Washington D.C. for meetings with federal agencies and short-term research.

ARD will rely on the services of the SCIAA Business Office and the University for business arrangements. The University of South Carolina will provide oversight for accounting and auditing requirements of any future contracts. Contracts will be initiated through the University's Sponsored Programs and Research Office and the USC Research Foundation. These projects will then be tracked both by the USC Purchasing Department and the SCIAA Business Office. Employee relations will be managed through the SCIAA Business Office, in compliance with USC and Federal employee policies and regulations. Subcontracts and temporary employees will be hired by SCIAA in accordance with University policy.

KEY PERSONNEL

The following personnel make up the core group that will complete individual contracts. This team has been together since 1994. In that time, they have successfully completed contracts ranging from small-scale, site specific testing efforts to large-scale surveys of major military installations, historic preservation plans and historic context statements.

Steven D. Smith, Head, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology Applied Research Division--Mr. Smith holds an M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Kentucky. He is a recognized scholar on the historic Upland South and on military sites archaeology and military history, and has pursued such research throughout the southeast. Mr. Smith has 26 years experience as a professional archaeologist, including four years with the State of Louisiana SHPO, four years as Deputy State Archaeologist for South Carolina, and one year as Associate Director, Midwestern Archaeological Research Center, Illinois State University. Mr. Smith has acted as Principal Investigator numerous archaeological and historic research projects. He is author, co-author or editor of 5 books and booklets, 8 monographs, 6 journal articles, 13 book chapters, 38 technical reports, and 37 professional presentations. He also teaches CRM as requested by the USC Department of Anthropology.

Christopher Ohm Clement, Principal Investigator, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology Applied Research Division--Dr. Clement holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Florida. He has been a practicing archaeologist for 20 years, including two years as project director, University of Florida Institute of Archaeology and Paleoenvironmental Studies, two years as Program Archaeologist, Consulting Archaeology Program, University of Vermont, and one year as research adjunct, University of Miami Department of Anthropology. Dr. Clement has directed 24 projects as Principal Investigator. He is author or co-author of 16 publications, 27 technical reports, and 11 professional presentations. Dr. Clement specializes in historical and plantation archaeology where he has applied remote sensing techniques and GIS to archaeological problems, but has recently developed research interests in prehistoric archaeology as well. In addition to the Southeastern US, Dr. Clement has extensive experience in the Caribbean, having conducted research there since 1991. He is also the co-editor of the Journal of Caribbean Archaeology.

Deborah Ann Keene, Principal Investigator, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology Applied Research Division--Dr. Keene has a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Ph.D. in Geoarchaeology from the University of Georgia. She has worked for the Schiele Museum and with various cultural resource management firms as a field technician and a laboratory director. Dr. Keene has been a Principal Investigator and Field Director on two projects for SCIAA. She is the author of four professional presentations and co-author of two technical reports. Her research interests are in prehistoric archaeology and geoarchaeology. These interests focus on coastal subsistence strategies, architecture, ceramics, and geophysical methods at archaeological sites.

SUMMARY

This document is presented as a letter of interest without regard to specific research projects; ARD is prepared to provide cultural resource management services as needed. Further details regarding the facilities, expertise or qualifications of ARD personnel will be provided upon request.