PAST - Piedmont Archaeological Studies Trust

08/05/2025

New paper in Nature Scientific Reports...https://rdcu.be/ezfCX

04/08/2024

https://sevenages.org/podcasts/experimental-archaeology-clovis-tools-and-ancient-bison-butchery/

Metin Eren of Kent State University returns to discuss new experimental archaeology studies into how the ancient Clovis people hunted.

08/02/2023

https://sevenages.org/podcasts/megafauna-exploitation-and-lithic-blood-residue-analysis-saaj-067/

We welcome the return of Christopher R. Moore to discuss his new paper on blood residue analysis of Paleoindian projectile points and tools.

07/07/2023

https://sevenages.org/podcasts/the-enigma-of-judaculla-rock-track-rock-gap-saaj-066/

In this episode of the Seven Ages Audio Journal, the team welcomes Dr. Jannie Loubser from Stratum Unlimited. Dr. Loubser discusses his work and the mythology of the enigmatic sites of Judaculla Rock, North Carolina, and Track Rock Gap in Northern Georgia.

07/03/2023

https://www.postandcourier.com/pee-dee/news/ancient-knife-discovered-near-pee-dee-river-could-rewrite-south-carolina-history/article_e753c950-1695-11ee-879e-73ec4b0be8fd.html

A 13,000-year old knife found along the P*e Dee River is helping scientists answer a longstanding question: What happened to the massive animals — the mammoths, mastodons, camels and horses

06/14/2023

A forensic technique more often used at modern crime scenes identified blood residue from large extinct animals on spearpoints and stone tools used by people who lived in the Carolinas millennia ago.

06/10/2023

New paper on blood residue analysis of 120 Paleoamerican stone tools in North and South Carolina. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-36617-z?fbclid=IwAR0MEWpke1FfcY3yt-lBlUa1VnKfZ95iqUUV_jOo0z8uQQWBwwRv1_i9SoY

02/17/2023

In this episode, the Seven Ages team welcomes Oregon State University Professor Dr. Loren Davis to the program, who discusses his work at Idaho’s enigmatic Cooper’s Ferry Site, home to a large concentration of western stemmed points thought to pre-date Clovis projectile points by at least 1,500 years or more. Radiocarbon dates on the charcoal and bone are as old as 15,500 years. In North America, few tree ring records can precisely calibrate such early radiocarbon dates, but a state-of-the-art probabilistic model placed the start of the occupation at between 16,560 and 15,280 years. 
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01/22/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8aB3m39nLI&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2-FYvSFuj-Knb4vMptX8ZJ1NOPmHS4SdFn5ZLz2F_NF9h-1pXro5dn7R4

I had the privilege to sit down with Dr. Christopher Moore earlier to discuss his research on the Younger Dryas comet impact, Pre-Clovis archaeology, and his...

11/20/2022

It is with deep sadness that PAST shares the passing of Roger John Lindsay. Roger was a dedicated and gifted volunteer for over a decade during our investigations of the Robertson Farm sites in Pickens and Greenville Counties, SC. His efforts contributed greatly to the success of our investigations. Roger was also an awesome experimental and competitive primitive technologist. His skill with an atalatal was impressive to see. Finally, Roger was a kind and caring individual who lived life with passion and curiosity. He will be greatly missed.