Volunteers:

Announcements

The Kolb Site Project (12th Season) will be from March 10-21, 2008. We will be on site from 9am to 4pm every day. Walk on visitors are welcome, but contact Chris Judge by e-mail: Judgec@gwm.sc.edu to arrange special tours (school groups for instance).

The Public Day will be on March 15th,2008, 8:30 – 4:00.
Scott Jones will demonstrate primitive technologies all day, Bobby Southerlin will make pottery, and Reenactor Jason and Susan Smith will portray the 18th century minister of Cashua Neck Church, Evan Pugh.

DAYTRIPPERS: We meet at Weatherfords Country Store in Mechanicsville, in Darlington County, South Carolina at about 7:15 am each morning then it is about a 10 minute vehicle trip to the site. We work until 4:00 pm.

Directions:
Note:

From I-95 North, exit at Hwy 34 in Dillon and travel southwest to Mechanicsville.

From I-95 South and North:

• Exit I-95 at exit 164 at Hwy 52 (Florence/Darlington)
• Go towards Florence on 52 to the first traffic light (after the interstate interchange) and go left (between a Raceway gas station and Discount Cigarette Store)
• At first blinking light (Mechanicsville Road/Rd 35) take a left
• Follow this to Hwy 34, which is third large cross roads you meet (approximately 8 miles). Stay on HWY 34 til you see Weatherfords Store.
• From Weatherfords Store, go north (across Hwy 34) from Weatherford’s for about a mile and a half.
• Turn right at the Wildlife Viewing sign (tan binoculars on brown background) Open gate, come in and then close gate, Make sure to sign in. Follow dirt road about three miles until you see parked cars.

A map can be found here: HTTP://38da75.com/map.pdf or do a google map search for Mechanicsville (the one in Darlington County).

Expectations

We consider the Kolb site a learning site. Volunteers range in skill level from beginners to advanced. We take the time to teach you how archaeology is done and all volunteers do archaeological work while they are here. We expect volunteers to have a strong preservation ethic. We feel that you must have a strong preservation ethic so you can pass it along to other visitors to the site. You should also be willing to deal with all types of conditions (some years it snows, other years it is hot, and we've had everything in between). You will also be working with a group of other volunteers and staff, so the ability to work well with others is preferable. And last but not least, we work at the Kolb site. We dig, we screen, we wash artifacts on rainy days, so if you want to come and volunteer, be ready to work.

Images

Crew Shots:
March 2006a
March 2006b
March 2005
March 1999

A Day in the Life of a Kolb Site Volunteer
Digging and Screening
Educating the Public
Learn While You Work
Hard Work
Teamwork
The Future of Archaeology
Starting a Unit