Chester DePratter, head of the research division of the University of South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, far right, on Monday narrates the digging of the 1-foot-by-2-foot hole where researches hope to find remnants of “Stuarts Town,” a Scottish colony founded in 1684. Photo by Bob Sofaly.
Digging for Stuarts Town
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