Who we are
After nearly twenty years of working as a history professional and a decade of experience in the Lowcountry, our lead archaeologist, Dr. Katherine Seeber, realized traditional jobs just weren’t working for her. Working for other consulting companies, museums, and colleges limited her creativity and ability to do work that was meaningful to the people in her communities.
Instead, she decided to create a new way of finding, teaching, and sharing history; she decided to be a community archaeologist. She works tirelessly with her clients to research and craft projects that create something useful, meaningful, and lasting.
From the soil to the archives,
Dr. Seeber works to CONNECT COMMUNITIES to their past.
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What is Cultural Resource Management?
The short answer is: the work associated with managing archaeological sites using state and federal standards.
In the end of the 20th century as development became more regulated, state and federal agencies realized that our shared American heritage needed to be protected in some way. Indigenous and Black communities began pushing back against the places their ancestors lived, worked, or were buried in were being destroyed for roads and buildings.
The development of laws at the federal and state level required all development projects on state or federal land OR using state or federal funding to have archaeologists involved to make sure important archaeology sites or artifacts were not destroyed. That process became known as Cultural Resource Management (a similar but more well-known term is Environmental Resources). Now, all states have a regulatory agency that reviews archaeological projects, often these are called State Historic Preservation Offices.
in the news &
on the air
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The Palmetto Porch: Mitchelville's History Unearthed
Dr. Seeber sits down with Devyn White, host of the Palmetto Porch to talk about her path into archaeology and why she feels so passionately about it.
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Barnwell tabby, Hilton Head ISLAND, SC
Discover the profound history behind the Barnwell Tabby ruins on Squire Pope Road with Mr. Thomas Barnwell Jr. and the brilliant Historian and Archaeologist, Katherine Seeber.
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That Anthro Podcast
Dr. Seeber speaks with podcaster and anthropologist Gabriella Campbell about her time as an archaeologist and how she is trying to change her field for the better.
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The island Packet
Mitchelville Archaeologist Unearths A Lost History On Hilton Head Island
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On Hilton Head Island, $23 Million Restoration Will Tell The Story of Country's First Freedmen Community
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Lowcountry Gullah
Digging Up the Past | Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park
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THE ISLAND PACKET
An archaeological team has made a significant discovery at one of the most prominent cultural sites in southern Beaufort County.
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National Trust for Historic Preservation
The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced more than $1.6 million in grants to 27 sites and organizations through its African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.
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the island packet
Here's how the Mitchelville Preservation Project is linking the past and the present.
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‘A gruesome dust’:
Hilton Head cemetery makes national list -
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Will Sea Pines’ sand help answer this ‘million-dollar question’ about a 4,000-year-old site?
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What’s buried in Sea Pines and more than 4,000 years old? Find out who’s digging for answers.
