People, Places and Transport: St. Paul’s Parish Then and Now

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Kimberly Pyszka, Auburn University at MontgomeryFollow
Maureen Hays, College of CharlestonFollow

Abstract

As archaeologists we study change through time. Certain themes, however, timeless. One such theme is how relationships and communities are formed when people gather together. In her book, St. Paul’s Parish, Jennifer Gilliland (2012) provides an historical overview of twentieth century St. Paul’s Parish, South Carolina, focusing on four themes: 1) Agriculture and Industry, 2) Gathering Places, 3) Trains, Planes, and Automobiles, and 4) Parish People. In this essay, we apply archaeological methods in St. Paul’s Parish on a property known today as Dixie Plantation to argue that these themes were as critical in the parish’s development during the first half of the eighteenth century as they were in maintaining the parish community amid rapid cultural changes in the twentieth century.

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Pyszka, Kimberly and Hays, Maureen (2017) "People, Places and Transport: St. Paul’s Parish Then and Now," Southern Anthropologist: Vol. 37: No. 1, Article 1.
Available at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/southern_anthropologist/vol37/iss1/1