The Day the Johnboat Went Up the Mountain: Stories from My Twenty Years in South Carolina Maritime Archaeology
A maritime archeologist recounts twenty years of remarkable discoveries and adventures both in and under the waters of South Carolina.

Through personal anecdotes and archeological data, Carl Naylor documents his experiences in the service of the Maritime Research Division of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology. Along the way he shares a unique foray into the Palmetto State’s history and prehistory.

Naylor’s fascinating career includes raising the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley; dredging the bottom of an Allendale County creek for evidence of the earliest Paleoindians; exploring the waters off Winyah Bay for a Spanish ship lost in 1526 and the waters of Port Royal Sound for a French corsair wrecked in 1577; and many other adventures. He recounts his investigations of suspected Revolutionary War gunboats in the Cooper River, the famous Brown’s Ferry cargo vessel found in the Black River, a steamship sunk in a storm off Hilton Head Island in 1899, and other mysteries of maritime history.

Throughout these episodes, Naylor gives an insider’s view of the methods of underwater archaeology in stories that focus on the events, personalities, and contexts of historic finds and on the impact of these discoveries on our knowledge of the Palmetto State’s past. His memoir is a personal, authoritative account of South Carolina’s efforts to discover and preserve evidence of its remarkable maritime history.
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The Day the Johnboat Went Up the Mountain: Stories from My Twenty Years in South Carolina Maritime Archaeology
A maritime archeologist recounts twenty years of remarkable discoveries and adventures both in and under the waters of South Carolina.

Through personal anecdotes and archeological data, Carl Naylor documents his experiences in the service of the Maritime Research Division of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology. Along the way he shares a unique foray into the Palmetto State’s history and prehistory.

Naylor’s fascinating career includes raising the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley; dredging the bottom of an Allendale County creek for evidence of the earliest Paleoindians; exploring the waters off Winyah Bay for a Spanish ship lost in 1526 and the waters of Port Royal Sound for a French corsair wrecked in 1577; and many other adventures. He recounts his investigations of suspected Revolutionary War gunboats in the Cooper River, the famous Brown’s Ferry cargo vessel found in the Black River, a steamship sunk in a storm off Hilton Head Island in 1899, and other mysteries of maritime history.

Throughout these episodes, Naylor gives an insider’s view of the methods of underwater archaeology in stories that focus on the events, personalities, and contexts of historic finds and on the impact of these discoveries on our knowledge of the Palmetto State’s past. His memoir is a personal, authoritative account of South Carolina’s efforts to discover and preserve evidence of its remarkable maritime history.
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The Day the Johnboat Went Up the Mountain: Stories from My Twenty Years in South Carolina Maritime Archaeology

The Day the Johnboat Went Up the Mountain: Stories from My Twenty Years in South Carolina Maritime Archaeology

by Carl Naylor
The Day the Johnboat Went Up the Mountain: Stories from My Twenty Years in South Carolina Maritime Archaeology

The Day the Johnboat Went Up the Mountain: Stories from My Twenty Years in South Carolina Maritime Archaeology

by Carl Naylor

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A maritime archeologist recounts twenty years of remarkable discoveries and adventures both in and under the waters of South Carolina.

Through personal anecdotes and archeological data, Carl Naylor documents his experiences in the service of the Maritime Research Division of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology. Along the way he shares a unique foray into the Palmetto State’s history and prehistory.

Naylor’s fascinating career includes raising the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley; dredging the bottom of an Allendale County creek for evidence of the earliest Paleoindians; exploring the waters off Winyah Bay for a Spanish ship lost in 1526 and the waters of Port Royal Sound for a French corsair wrecked in 1577; and many other adventures. He recounts his investigations of suspected Revolutionary War gunboats in the Cooper River, the famous Brown’s Ferry cargo vessel found in the Black River, a steamship sunk in a storm off Hilton Head Island in 1899, and other mysteries of maritime history.

Throughout these episodes, Naylor gives an insider’s view of the methods of underwater archaeology in stories that focus on the events, personalities, and contexts of historic finds and on the impact of these discoveries on our knowledge of the Palmetto State’s past. His memoir is a personal, authoritative account of South Carolina’s efforts to discover and preserve evidence of its remarkable maritime history.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781611171341
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Publication date: 04/13/2022
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 272
File size: 3 MB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

A U.S. Navy veteran, Carl Naylor worked as a South Carolina newspaper journalist and a diving instructor before he joined the staff of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, where he is diving supervisor and archaeologist assistant for its Maritime Research Division. He is an instructor for the institute's underwater archaeology field-training course and acts as captain for its research vessels. Naylor lives on James Island near Charleston.

What People are Saying About This

Roger C. Smith

Naylor provides readers with a unique window into the many facets of maritime archaeology in a way that no one else could. His perspectives are shared by many of us who work in this profession, but he is the first to my knowledge to offer them so openly and candidly in a coherent way. Naylor has skillfully woven throughout this narrative humorous anecdotal tales with well-researched historical facts and archaeological lessons as he recounts and interprets his journeys through South Carolina's heritage. Readers will enjoy the trip and learn a great deal in the process.

South Carolina Antiquities

Projects and adventures are reported with a blend of humor, historical context, and technical detail that ensures something for everyone.... Naylor has produced a book that will engage anyone with an interest in or curiosity about South Carolina maritime heritage.

Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier

Naylor melds the technical with a sense of the human element... [with a] vein of humor wound through the text.

Charles R. Cobb

Add a pinch of Mark Twain–style humor, throw in an adventurous dash of Indiana Jones, mix well with South Carolina history, and stir in a whole lot of water. The result is Carol Naylor's thoroughly entertaining and informative archaeological tour of the shipwrecks and other sites resting beneath the Palmetto State's rivers, lakes, and coastline. His descriptions of encounters with Civil War blockade runnners and alligators are a testament to the skills of the professional and avocational scientists who conduct their research in scuba gear, and to their passion for the maritime history of South Carolina.

International Journal of Maritime History

Naylor has drawn upon his experiences in the water and as a journalist to write a lively, engaging, and appropriately tongue-in-cheek account of his many years in public service... He explains, evocatively and with delightful humor about the state's varied and significant submerged cultural resources, the job he and his colleagues do, how they do it, and why.

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