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Changing waters shape work, settlement, and lifeways

GeoArches studies long-term relationships between people and water, from the South Carolina Lowcountry to ancient Mesopotamia.

Hobcaw Barony, South Carolina Lowcountry

Three projects, connected questions

National Geographic Explorer project

Reading Between the Tides

At Hobcaw Barony, archaeology, sediment cores, witness trees, and ecological records show how wetlands move, how freshwater and sediment reach them, and where stewardship can make room for change.

Historic water-control infrastructure at Hobcaw Barony, South Carolina