While I Breathe, I Hope: The South Carolina Archaeological Archive Flood Recovery Project (2023)
Meg Gaillard (Author)
Historical Archaeology
Volume: 57
Issue: 2
Pages: 504-516
Edition Details: Issue theme: Archaeology of the Anthropocene: Historical Archaeology’s Response to the Climate Crisis
Language: English
In October 2015 a catastrophic flood event impacted South Carolina, resulting in the loss of 19 lives, the displacement of over 20,000 individuals, and $2.2 billion in damages. During the flood, a large portion of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) archaeological archive was inundated. While initial recovery efforts to remove and relocate impacted materials from the archaeological archive to a triage facility only took a few days, the long-term recovery effort took eight months. SCDNR archaeologists, along with volunteers, students, and professional archaeologists, worked methodically to re-curate approximately 1,500 boxes of previously curated artifacts, stabilize 100 cu. ft. of documents, and process 15,000 photographs, negatives, and slides. As a result of the flood, the SCDNR archaeology team established its first research headquarters in April 2017—Parker Annex Archaeology Center—and now helps those preparing for and responding to disasters in their own communities.
...MoreArticle Sarah E. Miller; Jeneva P. Wright (2023) Introduction: Archaeology of the Anthropocene: Historical Archaeology’s Response to the Climate Crisis. Historical Archaeology (pp. 448-472).
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