The Times and Democrat

Dig it! Volunteers can sign up to excavate at Topper site

ALLENDALE — The University of South Carolina is accepting registrations from volunteers to help excavate archaeological sites along the Savannah River April 30-June 2. The expedition will be led by ...
The Debrief

50,000-Year-Old Artifacts Unearthed at Controversial Archaeological Site Could Rewrite the Early Prehistory of the Americas

Discoveries at a controversial southeastern archaeological site could potentially push back the timelines for human arrival ...
The Times and Democrat

SCRATCHING THE SURFACE: Archaeologists, volunteers dig for the past at Topper

The Topper site is one a hill above the Savannah River, which sweeps past a hilltop containing a large, exposed chert outcrop. Chert is a sedimentary rock that flakes easily and can be worked to ...
PBS

They Were Here: Ice Age Humans in SC (2002)

A virtual field trip to the Topper Site, where evidence of ice age humans in SC was found! In the last decade, scientists have made startling discoveries indicating that Ice Age humans were in the ...