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"Thu., October 11, 2012 5:04pm (EDT)
Civil War Prison Camp Wall Uncovered
By Orlando Montoya
Updated: 1 day ago
STATESBORO, Ga. —
The discoveries at Camp Lawton have excited history and archaeology fans. (photo Georgia Southern University)
Archaeologists have found the remains of the Camp Lawton stockade wall, establishing the actual layout and site of one of the Civil War's largest prisoner of war camps.
Georgia Southern University, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Fish and Wildlife archaeologists with assistance from Kennesaw State University, the University of Georgia and the Lamar Institute made their discovery public on Thursday.
It was made at Magnolia Springs State Park located in Millen.
A significant portion of the southern wall of the camp was exposed along with a section of the western wall which enabled archaeologists to project the exact location of the southwestern corner.
The discovery was made late last week as the hit PBS television show Time Team America documented what was found and how archaeology helps tell the story of Camp Lawton’s history.
The park, along with University archaeology students and professors, will hold a public day this Saturday at the park.
The event will run from 9am to 3pm.
Visitors will have an opportunity to see the location of the stockade wall and discuss Camp Lawton and the television show...." From.
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"BELL COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - Officials say vandals are damaging historical artifacts used in the Civil War that are on display at the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.
Park Rangers are now using surveillance cameras to catch those responsible.
The cannon on top of the Pinnacle in the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is part of history.
"The gun tube itself was used in the Civil War. We're talking a real artifact here, not just some decoration," said Chief Ranger Dirk Wiley.
Chief Ranger Wiley says some people are vandalizing the part of history. People are carving initials, names, even profanity into it.
"These are tangible links to our past and it's very disrespectful to do that to all the soldiers who lost their lives in this conflict," said Martha Wiley, the Park Historian.
To catch those responsible, Park Rangers set up surveillance cameras. Chief Ranger Wiley says they have already caught five people on video. All face federal charges..." From.
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"Low Mississippi River exposes shipwreck near Cape Girardeau
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
By Erin Ragan ~ Southeast Missourian
Calling all available archaeologists. Low water on the Mississippi River has revealed a mystery on the banks near Cape Girardeau -- and two local educators along with a longtime shipwreck salvage diver are looking for help to solve it and preserve what they say is "a piece of our river heritage."
Amy Grammer and her husband, Russell, leaders of the local private school Prodigy Leadership Academy, were exploring the river's edge on a search for driftwood, pieces of pottery and pebbles for student projects on a September afternoon when something out of the ordinary caught Amy Grammer's eye.
"I almost walked right past it," she said.
She didn't realize what she was seeing until she noticed a row of wooden tongue-in-groove planks and several joists protruding from the mud.
Low water after months of drought had exposed a section of a ship's stern. Knowing their find was something special, the Grammers immediately called on Randy Barnhouse, a longtime friend, retired teacher and salvage diver from Cape Girardeau. Just one week before the discovery, Barnhouse visited the school to talk to students about shipwreck exploration. For around 30 years, he has made repeated trips to Florida and the Caribbean for treasure salvage diving expeditions.
Barnhouse visits the wreck often to conduct measurements and document observations of the ship. Its location, per request of its discoverers, needs to be kept a secret so that the site can remain undisturbed. Around 30 feet of the ship's length is visible in addition to the stern. A large iron cleat shows near the riverbank and a hatch is blocked by a large section of cement and other debris. The ship's age is unknown..." From.
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"Button found on St. Augustine shipwreck 'the smoking gun' to its identity
Posted: October 3, 2012 - 5:06pm | Updated: October 4, 2012 - 6:59am
By Dan Scanlan
A corroded uniform button found in the mud off the St. Augustine Beach pier could be the “smoking gun†that leads to identifying a mystery shipwreck.
And the copper coin with a face of what could be Britain’s King George found by a Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program volunteer just adds to evidence that the wreck could be part of a British Revolutionary War fleet that fled Charleston in 1782.
The corroded button bears the number 74. That means it came off a 74th Regiment British Army uniform of Cambell’s Highlanders, assembled in Scotland in 1777 to fight rebels in North America. When the British fled the American army’s advance into Charleston, half the fleet headed into the St. Johns River in Jacksonville and the rest went to St. Augustine.
There, 16 of them wrecked on Dec. 31, including the escort ship Rattlesnake, said Chuck Meide, archaeology director at the St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum program.
“This is a smoking gun,†Meide said. “This confirms the ship we are digging on was in the evacuation of Charleston.â€... From.
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"Thousands of First Nations artifacts found near Vernon
CBC News Posted: Oct 6, 2012 3:44 PM PT Last Updated: Oct 7, 2012 2:47 PM PT
Archaeologists near Vernon, B.C., have uncovered thousands of First Nations artifacts — some of which could be more than 6,000 years old — on a stretch of highway in Lake Country.
Archaeologists have been working the site since January, pulling thousands of artifacts from the ground.
"One of the cool things we found … was what we think are the remains of a fishing net," archaeologist Clinton Coates told CBC News.
"We found these 30 flat, notched rocks spread out over about three metres. The net was left there with the rocks and over time the net would rot away."
Thousands of arrowheads, spear points and hammer stones are among the finds.
"The styles that we found are consistent with ones that are as recent as 200 years ago and there's one that may go back 5,000 or 6,000 years," Coates said. "We don’t know for sure until we've done some carbon dating."
For area First Nations, the find is exciting — but also confirms what they already knew.
Okanagan Indian Band Chief Byron Louis says he hopes the discovery will re-write area history to include a time before settlers arrived.
"There's always been this perception that history starts with [Father] Pandosy and comes forward and yet ignores the thousands of years prior to that there was habitation in this area," Louis said..." From.
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