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Churchyard Archaeology Heading
(Left) Example of recovered artifacts including, nails, window glass, mortar, brick, and tobacco pipe stems. (Upper center) Excavating around the church foundations. (Bottom center) 1720s tobacco pipe recovered from under the church’s main entrance steps. (Upper right) Staffordshire slipware sherds. (Below right) Field school students displaying artifacts.

(Left) Example of recovered artifacts including, nails, window glass, mortar, brick, and tobacco pipe stems. (Upper center) Excavating around the church foundations. (Bottom center) 1720s tobacco pipe recovered from under the church’s main entrance steps. (Upper right) Staffordshire slipware sherds. (Below right) Field school students displaying artifacts.

Steps leading to the post-1720s west entrance into St. Paul’s Parish Church, photograph by Kimberly Pyszka, Stono Preserve, 2010.

Steps leading to the post-1720s west entrance into St. Paul’s Parish Church, photograph by Kimberly Pyszka, Stono Preserve, 2010.

Steps leading to the chancel in the post-1720s church, photograph by Kimberly Pyszka, Stono Preserve, 2010.

Steps leading to the chancel in the post-1720s church, photograph by Kimberly Pyszka, Stono Preserve, 2010. Note the single brick paver that remains of the church aisle, while impressions of other tiles are seen in the remaining mortar. 

Remains of the center aisle of St. Paul’s Parish Church, photograph by Maureen Hays, Stono Preserve, 2009.

Remains of the center aisle of St. Paul’s Parish Church, photograph by Maureen Hays, Stono Preserve, 2009.

Parsonage Archaeology Heading
St. Paul’s Parish parsonage floor plan, created by Kendy Altizer, 2014.

St. Paul’s Parish parsonage floor plan, created by Kendy Altizer, 2014.

Foundational remains of the parsonage’s projecting entrance, photograph by Kimberly Pyszka, Stono Preserve, 2014.

Foundational remains of the parsonage’s projecting entrance, photograph by Kimberly Pyszka, Stono Preserve, 2014.

(Left) Remains of the parsonage’s foundations. (Right) A portion of the parsonage’s cellar, photographs by Kimberly Pyszka, Stono Preserve, 2011 and 2014.

(Left) Remains of the parsonage’s foundations. (Right) A portion of the parsonage’s cellar, photographs by Kimberly Pyszka, Stono Preserve, 2011 and 2014.

Example of artifacts recovered at the parsonage site, photograph by Kimberly Pyszka, Stono Preserve, 2012.

Example of artifacts recovered at the parsonage site, photograph by Kimberly Pyszka, Stono Preserve, 2012.

Avenue of Oak Archaeology
Excavations in the Avenue of Oaks, photograph by Kimberly Pyszka, Stono Preserve, 2008. Excavations in the Avenue of Oaks, photograph by Kimberly Pyszka, Stono Preserve, 2008.

Excavations in the Avenue of Oaks, photograph by Kimberly Pyszka, Stono Preserve, 2008.

Settlement Archaeology
Archaeological testing at the “Settlement” site, photograph by Maureen Hays, Stono Preserve, 2012.

Archaeological testing at the “Settlement” site, photograph by Maureen Hays, Stono Preserve, 2012.

"Settlement" ceramics, photograph by Eva Falls, 2014.

"Settlement" ceramics, photograph by Eva Falls, 2014.