dig-it

Today while walking along East Bay Street in Charleston, SC, I discovered an archaeological dig. It was like out of a George Lucas movie. if I had been wearing my Indy fedora i could have joined right in. We talked with a historian on the site and he identified out the other workers. Archaeologists as well as laborers were on the job digging dirt and sifting it through a screen to recover fragments pottery and such. The dig was under the the auspices of the Walled City Task Force, a consortium of non-profit organizations and sectors of the city government. Charleston is the only walled city built by the British in North America. The Spanish build won in St. Augustine, FL and the French in Montreal, Canada. You can keep apprised of the goings on in the dig by visiting the website at www.walledcitytaskforce.org .