Overview and Research Design for an Archaeological Survey of 7,500 Acres at Poinsett Weapons Range, Sumter County, South Carolina

Author(s): Paul P. Kreisa; Cynthia Balek; Jacqueline M. McDowell

Year: 1995

Summary

The Poinsett Weapons Range is located in Sumter County, South Carolina, south of its primary user, Shaw Air Force Base, and south and west of the City of Sumter, South Carolina. With a proposed increase in the number of range bombing and strafing targets and additional land acquisition, federal law (National Historic Preservation Act Section 106) and Air Force Regulation 126-7 direct that an archaeological survey be undertaken. This document presents an archaeological overview and research design for the Phase I archaeological survey of 7,500 acres of the range.

Cite this Record

Overview and Research Design for an Archaeological Survey of 7,500 Acres at Poinsett Weapons Range, Sumter County, South Carolina. Paul P. Kreisa, Cynthia Balek, Jacqueline M. McDowell. South Carolina: Shaw Air Force Base. 1995 ( tDAR id: 381412) ; doi:10.6067/XCV87S7PP5

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Historic • Mississippian • PaleoIndian • Woodland

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Glass • Metal

Site Name
38SU104 • 38SU105 • 38SU106 • 38SU107 • 38SU131 • 38SU132 • 38SU133 • 38SU134 • 38SU135 • 38SU136 • 38SU137 • 38SU138 • 38SU139 • 38SU140 • 38SU141 • 38SU142 • 38SU145 • 38SU146 • 38SU147 • 38SU148 • 38SU149 • 38SU150 • 38SU151 • 38SU152 • 38SU153 • 38SU154 • 38SU155 • 38SU156 • 38SU157 • 38SU158 • 38SU159 • 38SU160 • 38SU161 • 38SU162 • 38SU163 • 38SU164 • 38SU165 • 38SU166 • 38SU167 • 38SU168 • 38SU169 • 38SU170 • 38SU171 • 38SU172 • 38SU173 • 38SU174 • 38SU175 • 38SU176 • 38SU177 • 38SU178 • 38SU179 • 38SU180 • 38SU181 • 38SU182 • 38SU183 • 38SU184 • 38SU185 • 38SU186 • 38SU187 • 38SU188 • 38SU189 • 38SU190 • 38SU191 • 38SU192 • 38SU193 • 38SU194 • 38SU195 • 38SU196 • 38SU197 • 38SU198 • 38SU199 • 38SU200 • 38SU201 • 38SU202 • 38SU203 • 38SU204 • 38SU205 • 38SU206 • 38SU207 • 38SU208 • 38SU209 • 38SU210 • 38SU211 • 38SU212 • 38SU213 • 38SU214 • 38SU217 • 38SU218 • 38SU219 • 38SU222 • 38SU223 • 38SU224 • 38SU228 • 38SU230 • 38SU231 • 38SU232 • 38SU233 • 38SU235 • 38SU236 • 38SU237 • 38SU238 • 38SU239 • 38SU240 • 38SU241 • 38SU242 • 38SU45 • 38SU50 • 38SU51 • 38SU52 • 38SU56 • 38SU58 • 38SU60 Show More

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Lithic Scatter • Settlements

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Heritage Management • Site Evaluation / Testing

Geographic Keywords
Big Bay • Poinsett Electronic Combat Range • Shaw Air Force Base • South Carolina (State / Territory) • Sumter County (County)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -80.512; min lat: 33.943 ; max long: -80.421; max lat: 34.002 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Shaw Air Force Base

Contributor(s): John Isaacson

Landowner(s): Shaw Air Force Base

Prepared By(s): Public Service Archaeology Program Department of Anthropology

Submitted To(s): USA Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Record Identifiers

Report Number(s): Research Report 23

Contract Number(s): DACA88-94-0008

Notes

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