CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Archaeologists and members of the public alike take part in a dig this week at Drayton Hall near Charleston, the oldest plantation house in the nation open to the public.
Those participating will learn skills used in excavating and identifying artifacts.
Teams will work to solve the mystery of a 1765 watercolor that shows walls reaching from the existing main house to flanker buildings. There have been no previous digs to find remnants of the walls.
The group also will look for signs of a house that once existed in the same area. Evidence of that house was found during drainage work 20 years ago.
The 2008 Archaeological Institute opens Sunday at Drayton Hall, which dates to 1738. Field work begins Monday and wraps up Friday.
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