Management summary of the Phase II Investigation of Seven Archaeological Sites on the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, South Carolina

Author(s): Natalie P. Adams; Kenneth F. Styer

Year: 1996

Summary

Testing of four prehistoric and three historic sites was performed by New South Associates and Geo-Marine Inc. for the United States Air Force, Shaw Air Force Base at the Poinsett Weapons Range. These sites were identified during a Phase I survey of a portion of the weapons range by Kreisa et al. (1995) and were recommended for further testing to determine their National Register eligibility. The prehistoric sites are located in a proposed target area and the historic sites within a fence line construction clear cut zone. The testing phase was conducted in order to provide final eligibility statements in order to determine if and how significant cultural resources would be impacted by these activities. The work was conducted in accordance with and in partial fulfillment of the U.S. Air Force obligations under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (FL-96-515), the Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974, as amended (FL-93-291), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (FL-90-190), Executive Order 11593, “Protection and enhancement of the Cultural Environment,” AIRFA, and NAGPRA. The sites were assessed using National Register Bulletin 36 and were evaluated using the notion that “the significance of an archaeological site is based on the potential of the site to contribute to the scientific or humanistic understanding of the past.” This management summary is intended to provide a synopsis of the archaeological testing of the seven sites and does not include any detailed analysis of the archaeological collections. It is intended only to provide the client with recommendations regarding the National Register eligibility of the sites in question and to illustrate that the proposed field work has been accomplished.

Cite this Record

Management summary of the Phase II Investigation of Seven Archaeological Sites on the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, South Carolina. Natalie P. Adams, Kenneth F. Styer. Irmo, South Carolina: New South Associates, Inc. . 1996 ( tDAR id: 381425) ; doi:10.6067/XCV808666V

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Historic • Late Archaic • Mississippian • Woodland

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fire Cracked Rock • Glass • Ground Stone • Macrobotanical • Metal

Site Name
38SU132 • 38SU133 • 38SU135 • 38SU145 • 38SU149 • 38SU212 • 38SU213

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Midden • Non-Domestic Structures • Post Hole / Post Mold • Trash Midden

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

General
Bottle Dump • Brown Transfer Print Whiteware • Builder's Trench • Civil War • Logging Road • Pearlware • Rubble Push Pile • Slip Glazed Stoneware • Thoms Creek Plain • Thoms Creek Pot • Union Troops • Whiteware • Yadkin Simple Stamped

Geographic Keywords
Black Pond • Poinsett Weapons Range • Shanks Creek • Shaw Air Force Base • South Carolina • Sumter County

Spatial Coverage

min long: -80.63; min lat: 33.771 ; max long: -80.357; max lat: 33.944 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Shaw Air Force Base

Contributor(s): Kenneth F. Styer; Natalie P. Adams; Sabrina Buck; Steve Corsini; Billy Crews; Matt Hartzell; Karry Joseph; Martha Middleton; Matt Weaver; Steve White; Mary Beth Reed; Rob Yallop

Field Director(s): John Cable

Principal Investigator(s): J.W. Joseph

Project Director(s): Missy Green

Permitting Agency(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District

Prepared By(s): New South Associates, Inc. ; Geo-Marine, Inc.

Submitted To(s): Shaw Air Force Base

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