South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology

South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
Parent institutionUniversity of South Carolina
Established1963 (1963)
Location
Columbia
,
South Carolina
,
United States
Coordinates33°59′58″N 81°01′47″W / 33.9993217°N 81.0298143°W / 33.9993217; -81.0298143
Websitesc.edu/study/colleges_schools/artsandsciences/sc_institute_archeology_and_anthropology/index.php Edit this at Wikidata

The South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, or SCIAA, was founded in 1963 as a research institute at University of South Carolina and as a State cultural resource management agency. In the latter capacity, SCIAA is part of the Executive Department of the South Carolina State Government and serves as the main State agency concerned with the State's Archaeology (both prehistoric and historic), and its discovery, study, interpretation, publication, and official conservation at its curatorial facilities. As a University research institute, SCIAA both initiates and conducts a wide spectrum of field investigations and collections research throughout South Carolina. SCIAA participates in numerous university projects, and is a significant part of the University's infrastructure, and the University's publication series.

History

In 1968, laws were passed to help control salvage that included the Hobby Diver License and under the authority of SCIAA Director Dr. Robert L. Stephenson.[1]

The institute has 252 ancestral remains and 9,748 known funerary objects of Native Americans. The institute is in consultation with tribes under the process established under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act passed by Congress in 1990.[2]

References

  1. ^ Brewer, David M (1987). "Hobby diver licensing in South Carolina: what's right, what's wrong, and some recommendations for other states considering licensing". In: Mitchell, CT (eds.) Diving for Science 86. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences Sixth Annual Scientific Diving Symposium. Held October 31 - November 3, 1986 in Tallahassee, Florida, USA. American Academy of Underwater Sciences. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2011.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Riddle, Lyn (October 5, 2023). "USC, others in SC have Native American human remains 33 years after federal law said return them". The State. Retrieved October 6, 2023.