Beneath These Waters, Archeological and Historical Studies of 11,500 Years Along the Savannah River, by Sharyn Kane and Richard Keeton, 1993; second edition, 1994.
View" Ruckers Bottom Mississippian Village" interpretive oil painting
View" Sara's Ridge Archaic Site" interpretive oil painting

Go to Web Site

This award-winning book is an interpretation for a general audience of archeological and historical research conducted in the Richard B. Russell Multiple Resource Area from 1969 through 1985. This research preceded building of the Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake. Archeologists and others investigated prehistoric and historic sites in Elbert and Hart Counties in Georgia, and Abbeville and Anderson Counties in South Carolina, spanning 11,000 years of human occupation. Emphasis in the public volume is placed on explaining the information so that it will be entertaining and easily understood, while retaining accuracy. The volume was published by the Technical Assistance and Partnerships Division [formerly the Interagency Archeological Services Division], Southeast Archeological Center, National Park Service, with funding supplied by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

In Those Days: African-American Life Near the Savannah River, bySharyn Kane and Richard Keeton, 1994.

Go to Web Site

In Those Days is an oral history from elderly African Americans in Elbert Co., Georgia, and Abbeville Co., South Carolina. This area, in the northern portion of both states, is a patchwork of tiny woods and rolling, red clay hills, intermingled with small towns and hardcabble farms. Sparsely populated and mostly rural, the region, even today, provides glimpses of a vanishing way of life in the South. The text explores many facets of African American life, beginning with slavery, and continuing through to modern times. The writing emphasizes the recollections of residents through their own words, with a backdrop of supportive information about the region and events elsewhere that affected the South. Many historic photographs illustrate the text. The oral histories were collected by researchers as part of the Richard B. Russell Dam construction in the early 1980's. The volume was published by the Technical Assistance and Partnerships Division, Southeast Archeological Center, National Park Service, with funding supplied by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

COPIES OF POPULAR HISTORIES. Paper copies of Beneath These Waters (1993,1994) are no longer available. However, SEAC has produced Web versions of Beneath These Waters and In Those Days. 

Requests for paper copies of In Those Days should be directed to the District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, P.O. Box 889, 100 W. Oglethorpe Avenue, Savannah, Georgia 31402-0889. This volume is also available from the NPS Technical Information Center (TIC) by contacting Donna Drelick (303) 969-2130, e-mail Donna_Drelick@nps.gov.