Site No. 38DR245 (Site Name Keyword)
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"Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of 1,126 acres of The Ponds, located northwest of Summerville, Dorchester County, South Carolina, in May through September 2005. These investigations involved background research, architectural survey, systematic shovel testing, and visual inspection of the entire tract. Archaeologists returned to conduct test investigations at portions of sites 38DR177 and 38DR239 in January and February 2006. This work was...
Data Recovery Investigations at Site 38DR245: A Late Woodland Camp at the Headwaters of the Ashley River, Dorchester County, South Carolina (2021)
Investigators excavated 652 shovel tests and over 334 m2 at Site 38DR245. The investigations have resulted in the identification of five cultural features and approximately 14,000 artifacts. In addition, archaeologists generated three radiocarbon dates from this site. Data recovery at Site 38DR245 has generated important information related to the Deptford culture in South Carolina. All of these data provide a rare look at the Late Woodland period in a region that lies between the Deptford sites...