{"id":15603,"date":"2016-06-28T12:16:59","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T16:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=15603"},"modified":"2018-06-25T10:27:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T14:27:09","slug":"students-uncover-past-sapelo-island-ga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2016\/06\/students-uncover-past-sapelo-island-ga\/","title":{"rendered":"Students uncover the past on Sapelo Island, GA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_15616\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_20160601_114316856.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15616\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-attachment-id=\"15616\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2016\/06\/students-uncover-past-sapelo-island-ga\/img_20160601_114316856\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_20160601_114316856.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2016 Archaeological Field Crew at Sapelo Island\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The archaeology field crew at Sapelo Island&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_20160601_114316856-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15616\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_20160601_114316856-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"The archaeology field crew at Sapelo Island\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_20160601_114316856-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_20160601_114316856-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_20160601_114316856-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_20160601_114316856-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_20160601_114316856-610x343.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_20160601_114316856-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_20160601_114316856-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_20160601_114316856.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The archaeology field crew at Sapelo Island<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sapelonerr.org\/education-training\/the-history-of-sapelo\/\">Sapelo Island&#8217;s<\/a> rich history makes it a playground for archaeological research&#8211;From Native American Inhabitants to its history as a plantation. After the Civil War, newly freed slaves made the Georgia island their home and created the Geechee community. A small group of their descendants still live on the island today.<\/p>\n<p>It was this particular time in history that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/faculty\/nick-honerkamp\/\">Dr. Nick Honerkamp<\/a> and his students with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/sociology-anthropology-geography\/institute.php\">Jeffrey L. Brown Institute of Archaeology<\/a> set their sights on. This year\u2019s project focused on identifying the remains of plantation slaves\u2019 living quarters. Honerkamp led similar projects on Ossabaw and St. Simons Islands to locate Gullah-Geechee living quarters on barrier island plantations dating from early 1800\u2019s to the Civil War.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15615\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/Field-school-screening.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15615\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"15615\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2016\/06\/students-uncover-past-sapelo-island-ga\/field-school-screening\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/Field-school-screening.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1464263930&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00070175438596491&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Archaeology Field school screening at Sapelo Island  2016\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Field school screening&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/Field-school-screening.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15615\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/Field-school-screening-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Field school screening\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/Field-school-screening-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/Field-school-screening-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/Field-school-screening-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/Field-school-screening.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Field school screening<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cLittle was written about plantation slaves, which leaves archaeology to fill in some of the documentary gaps. I\u2019m especially interested in discovering wood frame cabin locations. Once abandoned or burned, such structures leave behind very little \u00a0in the way of artifacts or foundation elements, and they are often overlooked by archaeologists because they\u2019re so hard to find,\u201d Honerkamp explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfrican slaves literally built the Southern plantations, and their lives need to be documented, starting with where and under what conditions they lived.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15607\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/field-school-test-hole.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15607\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"15607\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2016\/06\/students-uncover-past-sapelo-island-ga\/field-school-test-hole\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/field-school-test-hole.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1464263814&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00049407114624506&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Archaeology field school test hole at Sapelo Island  2016\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Field school test hole&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/field-school-test-hole.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15607\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/field-school-test-hole-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Field school test hole\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/field-school-test-hole-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/field-school-test-hole-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/field-school-test-hole-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/field-school-test-hole.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Field school test hole<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This year\u2019s group worked with Geechee residents of Sapelo including the community\u2019s matriarch, Cornelia Bailey, as well as the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve, and the Georgia State Archaeologist to discover two (possibly three) slave cabins.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/sociology-anthropology-geography\/profiles\/cjj141.php\">Dr. Pamela Ashmore<\/a>, Department Head and Professor of Biological Anthropology, explained that the island is only reachable by ferry, so the field truck had to be brought over by barge. Students aren\u2019t just gaining valuable field experience, they\u2019re learning how to handle the artifacts they discover in the lab too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudents are learning how to survey, excavate, and process and analyze archaeological materials in the lab,\u201d Ashmore said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15613\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_1587.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15613\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"15613\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2016\/06\/students-uncover-past-sapelo-island-ga\/img_1587\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_1587.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1464263732&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008841732979664&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Surveying with Total Station at Sapelo Island in 2016\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Surveying with Total Station&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_1587-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15613\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_1587-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Surveying with Total Station\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_1587-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_1587-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_1587-580x773.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_1587-610x813.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_1587-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_1587-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/IMG_1587.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surveying with Total Station<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Honerkamp has led field stations at locations throughout the Chattanooga area and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/university-relations\/news-center\/archive\/2006\/archaeology.php\">Barrier Islands off the southeastern coast<\/a>, but he points to his previous work on Sapelo (2010) as \u201cthe most gratifying memory\u201d he has. That year, he led students on a project of identifying unmarked Geechee graves in Behavior Cemetery on Sapelo Island.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe used ground penetrating radar to find the &#8216;missing&#8217; graves, and this information was used by the local community to avoid disturbing the burials. We worked closely with the local community on this project, and we created a web page with a searchable database that documented all the extant gravestones, including the location of each grave marker, information about the deceased, and a color photograph of each stone,\u201d Honerkamp said.<\/p>\n<p>That particular web page can be <a href=\"http:\/\/geoportal.utc.edu\/bcemetery\/Behavior%20Cemetery\/\">found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Nick Honerkamp and his students with the Jeffrey L. 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