Pets of the Lowcountry past

Courtesy of The Charleston Museum, Charleston, South CarolinaBones from a guinea pig unearthed in the 1970s during an archeological dig on the property of the Heyward-Washington House in downtown Charleston provide some proof that Lowcountry residents of the past had pets.

Courtesy of The Charleston Museum, Charleston, South CarolinaBones from a parrot unearthed in the 1970s during an archeological dig on the property of the Heyward-Washington House in downtown Charleston provide some proof that Lowcountry residents of the past had pets.
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