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April 2011 Volume 2, Issue 1 Quarterly Reporter

Things You Need “Helping to preserve and protect South Carolina’s maritime heritage through research, education, and public outreach.” to Know: • 2011 Quarter 1 NEW! E-Artifact Report Submission System Reports Due April 10, 2011 By SDAMP We are very excited to Hobby License number. when it starts out. If • NEW E-Form announce that the new Once logged in you will you encounter any Available Online and improved artifact need to change your trouble, please contact online submission form password to a secure us and let us know. • Allendale Project will be available April one of your choice. Additionally, there are Sign-Up 11, 2011, to accept Once you have some aspects of the

• Artifact submissions of your completed this, you will system that are still artifact reports! Yes, be able to submit your under construction, so Identification Workshop June we will allow you 1 day reports. bear with us. We will 11, 2011 extra to report. The new We understand keep working at it until form will allow you to that a new system can it is what you, the Articles: enter your information be daunting. This hobby licensee, need. similar to the way you system should be easier We hope that all our NEW E-form! 1 have always done and to use and allow you licensees will choose to then submit your much more access to use this system. We April Reports 2 report directly to us. In your submitted will have to work March Workshop 2 the new system, you information. The online together to make sure will be able to upload submission system was this system is the best Upcoming Events 3 pictures and files created to make the it can be. SDAMP News 3 directly with your whole reporting process The online report, edit your as easy for you as submission system is June Workshop 4 reports, view your possible. We hope that just the beginning of Allendale Project 4 submitted reports, you will want to report the virtual updates update your contact your finds to us. SDAMP will be Diver Safety 5-6 information, and most However, if this undertaking this year. Features 7-9 importantly, you will technology stuff is a We will also be have confirmation that little too discouraging remodeling our website Conservation your report was for you, you may with many exciting new Corner 10 submitted! The site is always submit your features. We hope to *NEW* located at the same web reports the old- have a calendar of Hobby Diver of address as before fashioned ways (i.e. events, links to forms, Quarter 10 (information on page 2), mail, fax, email, hand picture gallery, an but it will look a little delivery, carrier pigeon, archive of articles and Notes from Editor 11 different (Don‟t worry! etc.). You can newsletters, and a We are here to help download our PDF forum (we want to hear walk you through the Artifact Report Form at: your thoughts about new process should you www.cas.sc.edu/sciaa/ the program!). If you have any trouble). You mrd/sdamp_hdl_forms. have an idea about will receive an email html. what you would like to with instructions on As it is a new see on our website, how you can log in to system, there are email us and let us the new system. Your bound to be some know at username is your technological glitches [email protected]. 

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April Quarterly Reports

This is a reminder that Artifact Report Forms your 1st quarter 2011 PO Box 12448 Make sure that you file reports are due by April Charleston, SC 29422 reports with both 10, 2011. These agencies even if you reports should cover all You may also fax forms have not done any of the collecting you to: (843) 762-5831 collecting. Just tick the have done between box that reads “No Email forms to us at: January 1st and March Recoveries Made This [email protected] 31st of this year. Quarter” and send it to

the appropriate agency. All report forms can be Or you can submit found on our website forms online (April 11, If you have any

at: 2011) at: questions regarding www.cas.sc.edu/sciaa/ reports, please visit our www.cas.sc.edu/sciaa/ mrd/sdamp_hdl_eaqrf. website at: mrd/sdamp_hdl_forms. Quarterly Reports due html html www.cas.sc.edu/sciaa/

by April 10, 2011 mrd/sdamp_hdl_forms. Please use the newest Your fossil report forms html should be sent to: versions of the forms. We will no longer be Or give us a call at: accepting outdated Chief Curator of (843) 762-6105. versions. Natural History

301 Gervais St. Your artifact reports Columbia, SC 29201 should be sent to:

March Artifact Identification Workshop

On March 19, SDAMP ranging from Early group, speed dating. dating and our Artifact held its first Artifact American spear points SDAMP Workshops, contact Identification Workshop to glass bottles of the workshops consist of a Ashley Deming at th of the year. The 20 century. It was a mixture of lectures and [email protected]. workshop was located full day with a lot of hands-on sessions Information on our at the Fort Johnson information to process, designed to give upcoming June Marine Resource Center but the students did an students the most workshop in Columbia in Charleston. Ten incredible job! Their information possible for can be found on page 4. students participated in knowledge of the day field identification. If this workshop and was tested in the you want to learn more learned about artifacts favorite activity of this about SDAMP speed

March 2011 Artifact Identification Workshop Students

Page 3 of 11 Quarterly Reporter Upcoming Events

Annual Conference on get back in the water! information, contact at the SCIAA building on South Carolina the Charleston USC‟s campus. Archaeology Allendale Project Museum at: (843) 722-

ASSC (Archaeology SDAMP will be heading 2996. Field Training Course: Society of South back to Allendale the Part I Carolina) will be first two weeks of May Wing Night! SDAMP hopes to offer its sponsoring its annual to continue working SDAMP will be second Underwater conference on April 9, with Dr. Al Goodyear at attending Wing Night Archaeology Field 2011, from 9am-4pm. the Topper site. We will on May 25th at 6:30pm Training Course in July This year‟s theme is be using volunteers for at Wild Wing‟s Café in 2011. This is a 2-day Archaeology of the Pee this project. If you are Mt. Pleasant. This is course that features Dee Region. interested in an event organized by both lectures and SDAMP will be volunteering, please hobby divers to get to hands-on activities presenting about the read the article on page know other hobby (above and below water) Sport Diver Program. 5 for information. divers. Bring friends to further your The conference will take and family for a night of understanding of place on USC‟s campus Charleston Museum’s crazy dive stories and maritime archaeology. in Columbia. For more Pirate Day! fun! information on the The Charleston There will be many more conference and ASSC, Museum will be hosting Artifact Identification events throughout the visit their website at: Pirate Day on May 21st Workshop year. Please continue to www.assc.net from 10am-12pm as a SDAMP will be offering read the Quarterly family event at the another Artifact Reporter, emails, and our CRMHT Buoys museum. Along with Identification Workshop website for information SDAMP will be many other activities, on June 11, 2011. about upcoming events redeploying the Cooper SDAMP will be there Please see following and volunteering River Maritime Heritage with a display featuring page for details. The opportunities. Trail site buoys on April the archaeology of June 11th workshop will 12, 2011. It‟s time to pirates. For more take place in Columbia

SDAMP News It is important to us cannonball was volunteer Perry Day at the Charleston st that our Hobby Divers donated to us by a Hackleman conducted Museum on May 21 . are aware of the hobby diver (story on a shipwreck survey on ▪Come eat some wings education and outreach page 8). the beach in Hilton and have a blast at we do throughout the February Head on March 29th. Wing Night May 25th at year. We hope to keep ▪Conservation began on Wild Wing‟s Café in you updated on all that the donated Upcoming… Mount Pleasant at we are involved in so cannonball. April 6:30pm. that you too will get March ▪ASSC Conference April June involved. ▪SDAMP presented 9th. See website for ▪Artifact Identification about the program to more details Workshop. See page 4 Remember that SDAMP the Charleston Dive www.assc.net for details. is on Facebook! Leave Club. ▪Redeploying Cooper July a message on our wall! ▪SDAMP‟s Carl Naylor River Heritage Trail ▪Field Training Course th assisted the USC buoys on April 12 . Part I- July 23-24. January geology department in ▪SDAMP will give a Contact Ashley Deming ▪On January 19th deploying underwater presentation about the for more information. SDAMP talked to equipment off program to CUDA, the around 100 students at Georgetown. dive club at Coastal Much more to come James Island Middle ▪On March 19th SDAMP Carolina University. throughout the year! School about held an Artifact May Identification Workshop ▪Allendale Project. See and . for 10 students. page 4 for details. ▪A Revolutionary War ▪SDAMP staff and ▪Visit SDAMP at Pirate

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June Artifact Identification Workshop

Our artifact workshops field identification. paleontological material MUST have your check feature a mixture of This is something that (fossils: i.e. shark teeth by 5/26/2011, or you lectures and hands-on everyone can do. With and bone). The details will lose your spot. activities designed to some simple about the workshop are There are only 15 spots help you identify some descriptions, artifacts below. available so sign up of the types of artifacts can be identified in a now! you collect from South manner useful to both Artifact Identification Carolina waters. We hobby divers and Workshop hope to help you better archaeologists. June 11, 2011 understand and Historic and 9am-5pm identify artifacts so that prehistoric ceramics, 1321 Pendleton St you can love your bottles, Native Columbia, SC collection even more American stone tools, Cost: $30 (make checks and report your finds and much more will be payable to USC) more accurately to us. covered. You will get

Our workshop the opportunity to work If you are interested in focuses on how to with real archaeological attending, please email identify and date material. Please note me ([email protected]) Instructor Carl Naylor with artifacts using a that we will not be immediately and I will workshop students diagnostic approach to covering any reserve you a seat. I

Volunteer Opportunity- The Allendale Project SDAMP is looking for SDAMP joins the camp out for free with Hobby Diver volunteers excavation for 2 weeks the rest of the for the Allendale Project to carry out underwater volunteers (you must this year in May. Since archaeology in the provide your own 1985, SCIAA has Smith Lake Creek that camping equipment) or conducted an runs along the Allendale can stay in a motel at archaeological project at Chert Quarry. SDAMP their own expense. a prehistoric site in volunteers get the Dark water experience Allendale County. opportunity to dredge, is preferred and there is Excavations at the screen, man equipment, a 25-dive minimum Topper Site have and monitor artifact requirement. You will 2010 Dredgeheads revealed that ancient recovery. This year the be required to complete humans were present Allendale Project will a dive resume and 16,000 or more years run from the 2nd-6th, medical form. ago, two to three and the 9th-13th of May. Volunteers are thousand years earlier SDAMP is selected on a first come than previously looking for 3 volunteers first placed basis with believed. for week 1 and 8 for Hobby Diver Using mostly week 2. We are only licensees given priority. volunteers, Dr. Albert accepting volunteers Goodyear, archaeologist who can commit a full If you are interested in for SCIAA, has week to the project. volunteering, please excavated a large Divers will need to bring contact SDAMP for amount of the Topper their own dive gear and more information. Site and uncovered SDAMP will provide the many prehistoric tanks. Lunches and For more information on artifacts including some dinners are provided, the Allendale Project that date back to pre- but volunteers will need visit: www.allendale- Clovis times. to supply their own expedition.net  Each year breakfast. Divers can The Allendale Project

Page 5 of 11 Quarterly Reporter Diver Safety

South Carolina SCUBA Awareness By The South Carolina Scuba Awareness Program (SCSAP) OK, the dive season is major safety concerns, prevention of accidents and further, to increase fast approaching. Time but South Carolina and possible tragedies knowledge of South to get out the old actually does have laws between divers and Carolina‟s citizens and ! Regulator on this matter. In boaters. Second: the visitors as it relates to system serviced? summary, Section 50- promotion of public diver safety. SCSAP Check. Cylinders full, in 21-87 of SC Code of education concerning would like to see hydro, and current on Laws (Title 50 – Fish, SCUBA diver safety and SCUBA Diver and visual inspection? Game, & Watercraft awareness to boaters Boater Awareness Check. Scuba Tune Up Chapter 21 Equipment and divers. Third: the spread throughout our dive/course scheduled? and Operation of continuing education of state. Check. Current Hobby Watercraft) states that SCUBA divers regarding Obviously, there Diver license? Check. the operation of a vessel their responsibility to is a lot of water in our Dive sorted and within fifty feet of a properly display diver state for boaters and ready? Wait a diver down flag is down in areas divers alike. We all just minute…dive flag? Yes! prohibited. Likewise, frequented by boaters. need to keep safety in Many divers in diving is prohibited SCSAP has mind while we enjoy South Carolina often within fifty feet of a printed flyers available and explore our forget or neglect this vessel whose occupants for area dive centers, waterways! Be aware vital piece of safety are fishing. marinas, boat & and share! equipment, even though The South personal watercraft For more there are laws on the Carolina Scuba stores, and other information visit their books to protect divers Awareness Program businesses detailing the website at: related specifically to (SCSAP) is a local non- law and describing their http://scscubaawarene the use of dive flags. profit organization mission. Long term ssprogram.org We‟ve all heard founded and operated goals are to raise You can also join the the horror stories of by South Carolina enough money to post cause on Facebook! diver down flags being divers whose goal is permanent signs at boat Thanks and Safe “buzzed” by watercraft. three fold. First (and landings across the Diving! Of course, this poses foremost): the state, detailing the law

(Photo courtesy of SCSAP)

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Be Air Aware! By Dan Orr, President, (DAN) Divers Alert Network‟s researchers identified 41% of the divers who Vision Statement states different phases in a died ran out of that DAN is “Striving to fatality scenario. The air! Putting this in make every dive first of which is the context, nearly 400 accident and injury- Triggering Event. If divers might be alive free.” DAN is working to something unexpected today had they only achieve its vision occurs during a dive, correctly managed their through articles in experienced divers gas DAN‟s member simply deal with it supply. With the magazine, Alert Diver, using their accumulated technology that exists, and other magazines; knowledge and submersible the development of experience and continue gauges, air/gas training and the dive. Occasionally, integrated dive educational programs however, something computers; running out helping divers and happens that triggers a of healthcare professionals series of events that, underwater should be The Divers recognize and treat ultimately and the least of your Alert diving injuries, and the unfortunately, results in worries. Two divers in a Network collection of accident ‟s death. By buddy team should be data. DAN has been a definition, a triggering able to communicate uninterrupted breathing clearinghouse for diving event is the earliest effectively during a dive gas supply from the injury and fatality data identifiable root cause so that they can time you enter the water since 1980. Recently, that transformed an effectively manage their until you and your DAN researchers unremarkable dive into collective gas supply. diving partner are back reviewed its an emergency. One sure way to onboard your boat, on accumulated fatality Identifying these reduce diving fatalities the dock or on the shore data and conducted a „triggering events‟ is is through effective is the only truly safe root cause analysis on essential in order to management of your way to dive. During the nearly 1,000 diving identify, manage, and breathing gas supply. In dive, just as you fatalities to determine avoid them during other words, be “Air (or periodically let your what circumstances or diving. Gas) Aware.” You buddy know you‟re OK, events turned an In evaluating should begin the dive you should otherwise enjoyable nearly 1,000 diving with a full cylinder of communicate your gas diving experience into a fatalities, the most breathing gas and end supply and have a pre- fatality. significant triggering the dive (standing on determined point where In analyzing event was “Insufficient the boat, dock or you terminate your dive these fatalities, DAN Gas.” Approximately shoreline) with due to gas supply breathing gas limitations. Anything remaining. Not only short of effective must you have management of your sufficient gas to collective breathing gas thoroughly enjoy the supply puts you, your dive and accomplish diving companion and your goals, but you every diver in the should also have vicinity at risk! sufficient breathing gas remaining to deal with For more information on any unforeseen DAN visit: situations or an www.DAN.org  emergency involving yourself or another diver. Having an (Photo courtesy of DAN)

Page 7 of 11 Quarterly Reporter Feature Hobby Diver Article Each quarter we would Carolina‟s past. Feel is accepted, we will love to feature one or free to include images contact you to let you two articles by you, the that can be used with know. hobby diver. Your your article. We want to hear article can be about an You should from you, so get artifact or fossil you submit your articles to writing! Submit your found, your collection, SDAMP for review and articles to: your research, your editing. Once we have [email protected]  experience with the approved your article, program, a humorous we will do our best to diving anecdote, or just get it into the next something interesting issue of the Quarterly South Carolina Dispensary that relates to South Reporter. If your article Bottle (1893-1900) There’s Treasure In Them-Thar-Rivers! By Ted Churchill, Hobby Diver #4164

What possesses a scuba treasure. Our rivers Carolina was part of the boat and a diehard dive diver to explore the were the expressways ocean and huge whales, partner. The boat I many rivers of our for most of the sharks, and other have. It‟s a 16-footer beautiful state? development of this creatures let their with a 60-horse Imagine a day state. The early settlers presence be known by Yamaha. My dive trip that will bring you used the river systems leaving body parts that partner was a gift from only a few miles by to move their produce to over time have God. I met Jay Hubbell water to the most export sites. The Native fossilized. while diving at the remote areas of South Americans used the On the downside South Carolina Carolina, where there is waterways to hunt and (pun intended), river Aquarium. He is a undisturbed wild life, fish. Present day diving is not for the retired Navy Captain magnificent forests, and Carolinians enjoy the inexperienced. The Salvage Diver. Not only bottom time unlike rivers for recreation. All currents are swift, is he a dive nut; his anything you have these individuals left visibility is not good, the experience in the water experienced in the their presence known water is deep in some has propelled me far ocean or the fresh water by what they lost or areas, trees are into a diving adventure springs you may have discarded in their wake. numerous, and which was unthinkable been checked out in. And, if that isn't enough alligators are abundant. when I certified 18 years Aside from the to get you in the water, You gain confidence and ago. A dive partner who scenery topside, there is let me go back in time experience by starting you trust and out swim the allure of finding when most of South slow and staying safe. is a rare find. Thank Now to balance you, Jay. the downside, imagine a I hope I haven't day of diving that costs scared you away from you only about twenty taking the plunge. Jay bucks, plus the allure of and I have been going finding a huge river diving just about Megalodon tooth, or the every week from April to find of a lifetime-- November for the past someone's belt eight years. Neither of full of shot or a dive us has been in danger. light. Not a bad day of Ever. Although you diving. couldn't tell that by the Aside from the way Jay spins a dive Ted Churchill (right) with dive normal gear, there are story. We started out buddy Jay Hubbell (left) two items that are (Continued on page 8) mandatory. A small

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Them-Thar-Rivers (continued from page 7)

slow and built YOU‟LL BE HOOKED. and Anthropology‟s SDAMP at experience as we went. Of course, as Sport Diver Archaeology [email protected] or 843- You will not score big with any activity in life Management Program 762-6105. the first time or the it comes with an (SDAMP). For more Hope to see you second time out. You admission. The state of information, contact in the river. will climb back in the South Carolina is about boat at the end of the the only state in the day tired, a better diver, union that allows Hobby with the desire to do it Divers to find and keep all again. Once you find artifacts. The only catch your first Megalodon is the state wants to tooth, rare spear point, know what you have or Early American found and where you pottery, you‟ll see what I have found it. The mean. And, if you process of reporting should find the remains your finds is done of a plantation vessel, a through a Hobby Divers prehistoric canoe, or License obtained from even a Revolutionary the South Carolina Ted Churchill (right) with dive War gunboat . . . Institute of Archaeology buddy Jay Hubbell (left)

From Gunboat to Garbage Can: The Conservation of a Cannonball Part 1 By Ashley Deming, Maritime Archaeologist, SDAMP Manager In November of 2010, times so it didn‟t dry hollow and filled with like a Civil War fused hobby diver Jason out. We also requested explosive material. To shell, not uncommon Thompson contacted us photos of the object so create an explosion the for this area. To really wanting help identifying we could better identify shells had fuses that be sure, it would have and information on how it. Once we had the varied with different to be x-rayed. All also to conserve what he photos, we were positive shells. If this was the agreed that this artifact thought was a it was a cannonball. case, Jason had a should be treated with cannonball he had What we didn‟t know potentially very caution and handled recovered from SC was how old it was. unstable artifact in his carefully. We of course waters. Knowing what Some of the images house. Carl and I passed this information we know about how showed “nodules” which decided to visit Jason on to Jason with the waterlogged metal could have been fuses and get a closer look. suggestion that he keep deteriorates quickly, we (see Figure 2). Civil War We carefully measured the ball in freshwater told Jason to keep the shot (referred to as and weighed it (5.5” in out of the way until we object in water at all „shells‟) generally was diameter and ~12 lbs) could figure out how to and took quite a few get it x-rayed. Our more pictures. Since number one priority has this was the first and always will be the cannonball that SDAMP safety of our hobby Figure 1 has dealt with, we divers. We err on the Barnacles and decided to get some side of caution with iron concretion advice about it from objects like this. No (photo courtesy of some trusted colleagues artifact is worth serious Jason Thompson) and friends. We sent injury or death. the photos and The problem information out to quite arose in trying to find a few people who all somewhere to x-ray the agreed that it looked (Continued on page 9)

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Cannonball Part 1 (continued from page 8) ball. No one wanted to proceed. Jason knew conserved correctly, best interest of the risk taking a “live” ball he had found an Jason decided he finder and artifact. Now into their facility to x- interesting piece of wanted to donate the begins the long ray it. We thought history and that it cannonball to us. We conservation process… about contacting EOD, needed to be recorded accepted the donation Story to be continued in but their first instinct is and conserved. SDAMP knowing it was it in the next issue. to blow things up not to wanted to be there to preserve historical help and facilitate in material. At this point, any way we could. After Figure 2 we were not 100% sure more than a month of Potential fuse it was fused. We didn‟t worrying if he had an “nodules” want to risk that and explosive artifact in his (photo courtesy neither did Jason. house, learning of the of Jason As a licensed immense responsibility Thompson) hobby diver, the it would be caring for cannonball legally this artifact during the belonged to Jason and long conservation it was up to him as to process, and wanting to how he wanted to have the cannonball

Conservation Corner

Responsibility in the Recovery of Marine Artifacts Part 2: Iron and Corrosion By Johanna Rivera, Conservator, HL Hunley Project, Warren Lasch Conservator Center, Clemson University

Iron objects recovered presence of water or air and moisture in identify the artifact and from marine sites are moisture. If salt is the system are removed assess its condition. some of the most critical present, as in the sea or or consumed. The use of pneumatic artifacts in need of brackish water, it tends The conservation and dental tools, as well conservation treatment. to rust more quickly. of artifacts found as air scribes and Underwater, iron When iron underwater is time chisels, are the most artifacts are found artifacts are removed consuming and effective tools to remove encrusted with thick from their burial expensive, however concretions. In terms of layers of calcium environment and without conservation salts removal, a variety carbonate, metal exposed to air the most of these artifacts of techniques have been corrosion products, corrosion products that would eventually be a used in an attempt to sand, and marine life. initially formed during total loss, taking with mitigate the negative At the same time, the oxidization process them important effects of corrosion: depending of their underwater will archaeological (Continued on page 10) burial environment, transform resulting in information. Prior to metals can be found layers of scales on the any treatment a critical saturated with salts. metal surface. These evaluation must be These salts, or scales tend to expand made of the metal and chlorides, will react with and as they crack and type of corrosion the oxygen, producing a flake off from the products. When series of electrochemical surface fresh iron is artifacts are heavily reactions which will exposed, and the encrusted with result in corrosion. In corrosion process concretion the most other words, corrosion continues until all of useful examination is the reaction of iron the iron is either technique is x-rays and oxygen in the consumed or all of the which will help us to Johanna Rivera Conservator

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Iron and Corrosion (continued from page 9) electrolytic reduction, it is only recommended important consideration complex and subject to alkaline sulfite to use in a laboratory is to keep them dry and many variables. Once treatment, and setting with trained free from dust or any iron has been removed of salts in caustic personnel. other contaminant. from the marine site the , among Once the The corrosion corrosion process will others. It is important extraction of salts has process of iron in continue and even to mention that these concluded the artifacts underwater accelerate unless techniques involve the can be rinsed and dried environments is precautions are taken. use of chemicals or out. For the storage of generally understood electrical currents and metals the most but the reactions are

Different stages of corrosion from a recently excavated wrought iron rivet (1) until the total degradation of the iron (4). This corrosion process took only 6 months. ©Friends of the Hunley

Hobby Diver of the Quarter

We are starting a new will pick a licensee that Costello #4563. Americans. section in the newsletter resembles one or more Congratulations, Bob! If you would like devoted to the hobby of these noteworthy Bob has a flawless to meet Bob and hear diver who goes above traits. Hopefully, it will reporting history and about his scientific and beyond the call of be you! If you know of always sends us research, he will be duty. He/she has someone who fits some incredibly detailed presenting a paper at submitted excellent or all of these categories scientific reports and the annual ASSC reports, been an and would like to analyses of his finds. He Conference April 9, exceptional volunteer, nominate them, please doesn‟t skimp on the 2011, in Columbia (see has gone out of their send us a brief email of pretty pictures either! page 3 for details). way to preserve cultural who and why you think Bob is also working and/or natural heritage they should be Hobby closely with members of Congratulation again, in the state, or has been Diver of the Quarter. the SCIAA staff to Bob! You are truly an a general inspiration to The honor of record, catalogue, and inspiration to us all! other licensees, the Hobby Diver of the analyze lithic (stone) public, or us. Quarter for Quarter 1 materials and artifacts Each quarter we 2011 goes to Bob used by Early

Letters to the Editors

Sport Diver Archaeology If you have something questions, comments, for all to read. that you would like to and concerns and we Just like your Management Program say about the program will post them here. You artifact report forms, The Quarterly Reporter is or have questions that can also send in you can email, fax, or a quarterly newsletter you think others like comments responding send your letters to from the Sport Diver yourself would like to to letters from other SDAMP. We look Archaeology have answered, look no hobby divers. Ashley forward to hearing from Management Program further. This section of and Carl will respond to all of you. the newsletter is just for your comments and (SDAMP), part of the Maritime Research you. Send in your answer your questions Division of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Notes from the Editor Anthropology, University I am sorry to say, that licenses, we will be them to help preserve of South Carolina. according to our doing so. South Carolina‟s reporting statistics for We hope that heritage. Quarter 4 2010, we did the new online system If reports are filed on Ashley Deming- Chief Editor not increase our reports and updated website time, we can spend received as we had will be easier to use more time creating new Carl Naylor- Editor hoped. There are still and motivate people to and exciting roughly 250 who have file their reports. Your opportunities in not filed a report for reports absolutely maritime archaeology Quarter 4 2010 with matter! Even your no for our hobby licensees our office. That is recovery reports make a and not chasing people around half of all active difference. around for overdue hobby licensees. This For those of you reports. is a staggering statistic who have been filing If you are having and an unacceptable your reports, our most trouble or have one. If the lack of sincere thanks. questions about reporting continues, we Through your support, reporting, do not will be forced to come we are able to keep this hesitate to contact our down hard on those program running office. We are looking who have not filed their efficiently and forward to your Quarter reports in a timely effectively. If you know 1 2011 reports. Get manner. If this means of someone who has not reporting! we need to revoke yet reported, inspire

Your SDAMP Staff Ashley Deming & Carl Naylor SDAMP PO Box 12448 Charleston, SC 29422

PHONE: (843) 762-6105 Useful Website Information

FAX: For more information on (843) 762-5831 SDAMP: www.cas.sc.edu/sciaa/mrd/sdamp.html E-MAIL: [email protected] MRD: www.cas.sc.edu/sciaa/mrd/mrd_index.html SCIAA: www.cas.sc.edu/sciaa SCIAA publication Legacy: www.cas.sc.edu/sciaa/legacy.html