Historic items reported unearthed by record South Carolina rains
Fri Nov 6, 2015 2:57am IST
Historic items reported unearthed by record South Carolina rains
CHARLESTON, S.C. | By Harriet McLeod
A number of rare and historic artefacts appear to have been unearthed after record rainfall in South Carolina last month, including pottery, boats and a possible mammoth skeleton, archaeologists said on Thursday.
So far, the state has received 20 reports of items that washed up or were uncovered after storms that caused widespread flooding in October, state archaeologist Jonathan Leader said.
The South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA) at the University of South Carolina, where Leader works, is asking people to report additional discoveries.
Licensed hobby divers, who must share their finds with the state, already have reported finding a dugout canoe possibly crafted by early European settlers or Native Americans.
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