Forty centuries ago, ancient natives left their mark on the landscape of coastal South Carolina. Today, archaeologists from SCDNR, a dozen universities and the National Park Service search for clues to our earliest known coastal dwellers.
The story takes viewers to remote sites as scientists discover the ancient South Carolinians who built monumental rings of shell.
Perhaps our best clue to who they were is the many rings of shell they left behind. Whether the shells were placed deliberately or merely discarded into a midden is unknown, but “The Ring People” visits these rings, along with other remote sites, as scientists strive to understand more about these people and their place in our story.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR: Anthony Koelker is a career producer of documentary projects in history, anthropology and conservation for public television and educational publishers Holt Rinehart & Winston, Houghton Mifflin, Harcourt, McGraw-Hill and McDougal-Littell.
Recent work includes: The Inevitable Evolution of Fort Frederick, The Port Royal Experiment, Horse Creek Valley: A Tale Worth the Telling, The Planter at the Gate.
AWARDS and SCREENINGS:
The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival, 2020.
- Year2019
- Runtime29 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUSA
- DirectorAnthony J. Koelker
- ProducerKoelker & Associates
Forty centuries ago, ancient natives left their mark on the landscape of coastal South Carolina. Today, archaeologists from SCDNR, a dozen universities and the National Park Service search for clues to our earliest known coastal dwellers.
The story takes viewers to remote sites as scientists discover the ancient South Carolinians who built monumental rings of shell.
Perhaps our best clue to who they were is the many rings of shell they left behind. Whether the shells were placed deliberately or merely discarded into a midden is unknown, but “The Ring People” visits these rings, along with other remote sites, as scientists strive to understand more about these people and their place in our story.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR: Anthony Koelker is a career producer of documentary projects in history, anthropology and conservation for public television and educational publishers Holt Rinehart & Winston, Houghton Mifflin, Harcourt, McGraw-Hill and McDougal-Littell.
Recent work includes: The Inevitable Evolution of Fort Frederick, The Port Royal Experiment, Horse Creek Valley: A Tale Worth the Telling, The Planter at the Gate.
AWARDS and SCREENINGS:
The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival, 2020.
- Year2019
- Runtime29 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUSA
- DirectorAnthony J. Koelker
- ProducerKoelker & Associates