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PROJECT US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District. Lesley M. Drucker. US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

This collection is referred to as "Banister Allen Plantation (38AB102) and Thomas B. Clinkscales Farm (38AB221) 1977.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this investigation is five (5) linear inches. The documents date from 1977-1990. The investigation occurred primarily in 1980, but background information found with the collection dates to 1977. This collection was originally housed in acidic folders in an acidic cardboard...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lesley M. Drucker. Woody C. Meiszner. James B. Legg.

Historical and archaeological study of the Allen Plantation homesite (38AB102) and the Thomas B. Clinkscales Farm (38AB221) in Abbeville County, South Carolina was undertaken in conjunction with a broad range of cultural and environmental investigations associated with construction of the Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake on the upper Savannah River. Oral and written documentation indicate that the Allen Plantation was one of the more prosperous cotton plantations within the county during the...