Spring Island, South Carolina (Geographic Keyword)
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Stonemark Construction Management contracted Brockington and Associates, Inc. on behalf of the owners, Susan and Ronald Morrow, to conduct data recovery investigations at Lot 9, Old Boathouse Lane, on Spring Island, located near Beaufort, South Carolina. Lot 9 partially encloses the northern portions of archaeological site 38BU1. Site 38BU1 has been identified as the site of the eighteenth- through nineteenth-century Edwards Plantation complex. Site 38BU1 was first recorded by R.L. Stephenson in...
The Archaeology of Spring Island, South Carolina
Brockington and Associates, Inc., undertook archaeological excavations at Spring Island, Beaufort County South Carolina. The proposed residential development of the Spring Island Company would have resulted in impact to sites 38BU791 (Bonny Shore Slave Row) and 38BU2 (Thom’s Creek and Deptford shell middens). Mitigation of the potential adverse effects of this impact was achieved through data recovery.
Data Recovery Investigations of 38BU791, Bonny Shore Slave Row, Spring Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina (1994)
Archaeological data recovery investigations were conducted at 38BU791 on 12-21 April1993 by archaeologists from Brockington and Associates, Inc. 38BU791 is located on the southern portion of Spring Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina. The work was conducted in compliance with Federal and State agencies regarding the impact to cultural resources as a result of development in the Coastal Zone of South Carolina. The proposed residential development of the Spring Island Company would have...
Edwards Plantation
Archaeological data recovery at a portion of 38BU1 on Spring Island, South Carolina.
What is a Shell Midden? Data Recovery Excavations of Thom's Creek and Deptford Shell Middens, 38BU2, Spring Island, South Carolina (1994)
Data recovery excavations were conducted at five shell midden loci of site 38BU2, Spring Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina. The excavations included: four by four m blocks in three Deptford phase middens; a four by four m block in a Thom's Creek midden; a six by six m block in a Deptford midden; and two exploratory one by one m units in other Deptford middens. The analyses included detailed zooarchaeological and ethnobotanical studies, an investigation of oyster source environment and...