Shaw Air Force Base Archaeology Archive - Documents, Images, and other Data

This report presents the results of the analysis of existing and proposed impacts to National Register eligible site 38SU182/208 at Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter County, South Carolina. Due to continued use of Passageway and Sugar Sand roads that skirt the northern and eastern edge of the site, the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office requested that an analysis be performed to determine if continued use of the roads would adversely impact the site,...

A letter written by Chuck Cantley of the South Carolina State Gistoric Preservation Office to Natalie Adams of New South Associates. The letter concurs with the assessment of site 38SU106 and the possible impact of tree removal within the site boundaries. Both parties are in agreement that no adverse effects occured as a result of the tree removal to the historic property.

On July 9th and 10th, 2008 Natalie Adams of New South Associates monitored tree removal from National Register eligible site 38SU106, which is located along Strafe Pit Road at Poinsett Electronic Combat Range in Sumter County, South Carolina. This monitoring was performed at the request of Mr. Chuck Cantley of the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office and Mr. Dave Davis of Shaw Air Force Base. During the monitoring, the only artifacts noted were on the surface of Strafe Pit Road....

This document describes the parameters of a data recovery plan for the three sites which make up the significant portions of the Black Pond Site, 38SU45, 38SU133 and 38SU145. The first part discusses the research context and objectives, while the second part describes in detail the scope of work for the proposed investigation. Three research topics can be identified to which the Black Pond site can contribute. Those are: (1) culture-chronology building, (2) site structural and functional...

This document details the the agreement between Shaw Air Force Base and the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Officer. The memorandum lays out the responsibilities of Shaw Air Force Base in the excavation, documentation, and reporting on archaeological sites that may be impacted by planned construction at Poinsett Electronic Combat Range.

This report presents the results of the archaeological testing of sites 38SU136, 38SU137, and 38SU141: and of data recovery conducted at sites 38SU45, 38SU133, and 38SU145, otherwise known as the Blackwater Pond Site Cluster. The sites are located in the Coastal Plain province near the northwestern edge of Big Bay. one of the largest Carolina bays in South Carolina. Situated 50 km east of the Fall Line and within the Wateree River-to-Big Bay sand sheet. these sites offer important new...

New South Associates, under the direction of Mr. Kenneth F. Styer, conducted intensive testing at 38SU133 in 1996. During the course of the excavations, a soil column consisting of eight 9.0 to 10.5 liter samples was collected from Test Unit 4, a I x 1 meter unit containing a ceramic cluster. Test Unit 4, Level 1 is the upper humus and sandy topsoil and Level 2 is the Interface between this zone and the next stratum. Levels 3 through 8 were excavated in 10 em arbitrary levels. This analysis was...

Between March 1 to April 18th, 2004, New South Associates, Inc. (NSA) conducted Phase II archaeological investigations of eight sites on the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range (PECR), Shaw Air Force Base, in Sumter County, South Carolina. This Phase II archaeological testing was conducted under subcontract with Geo-Marine, Inc., for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, and Shaw Air Force Base. The work was pursuant to the Air Force’s obligations under the National Historic...

This Phase II archaeological study dealt with eight sites (38SU155, 38SU192, 38SU199, 38SU233, 38SU290, 38SU292, 38SU293) at the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range (PECR) of Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter County, South Carolina. The sites include one historic dwelling (38SU155) and seven prehistoric camps located in the vicinity of Big Bay. Phase II investigations at each site included systematic shovel testing followed by test unit excavations to delineate site dimensions and artifact...

This report presents the results of Phase II archaeological testing of 11 sites on the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Sumter County, South Carolina (38SU56, 38SU60, 38SU106, 38SU153, 38SU157, 38SU163, 38SU167, 38SU169, 38SU204, 38SU205, 38SU230). Of these 11 sites, seven are prehistoric and four are historic. The sites are located in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. All of the sites are located on land owned by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and the testing was conducted in order to assess...

Archaeological testing of eleven sites was carried out by New South Associates at the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range (PECR), Shaw Air Force Base, in Sumter County, S.C> The fieldwork was conducted from December, 1999 to March, 2000 under the direction of Ashley A. Chapman. The purpose of these investigations was to definitely determine the National Register of Historic Places eligibility status of each of the eleven sites which had previously been identified by Kreia etal’s 1996 Phase I survey...

Primarily for informational purposes, these two memos address the Phase II Testing of 11 sites on Shaw Air Force Base, Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Sumter County, South Carolina.

Letters of correspondence between USAF Cultural resource managers and the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office concerning archaeological sites identified by the Phase I archaeological survey of 7,500 acres on the Poinsett Weapons Range, South Carolina.

Maps of survey area and archaeological sites to be evaluated during the Phase I Archaeological Survey of 7,500 Acres on the Poinsett Weapons Range.

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...

Between January and June 1995 crews from the Public Service Archaeology Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, the University of South Carolina, conducted a Phase I archaeological survey of 7,500 acres at Poinsett Weapons Range, Sumter County, South Carolina for the United States Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. The investigations were designed to produce a complete inventory of archaeological...

This Executive Summary provides a brief description of New South Associates archaeological investigations of four sites located at Shaw Air Force Base's Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Sumter County, South Carolina. These sites were initially identified in several surveys and/ or studies. The sites investigated included two prehistoric occupation sites, 38SU18 and 38SU243 and two historic sites dating from the late 19th and early twentieth century, 38SU150 and 38SU196.

This research design describes New South's approach to archaeological investigations of four sites located at the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Sumter County, South Carolina. Sites 38SU18 and 38SU243 represent prehistoric occupations and Sites 38SU150 and 38U196 date to the nineteenth through twentieth centuries. The objective of the proposed archaeological investigations is to evaluate the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility of these four sites.

Phase II Testing of four archaeological sites located within the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range (PECR), South Carolina, was conducted by New South Associates for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, and the U. S. Air Force, Shaw Air Force Base (AFB). Most of PECR is located in Sumter County's Manchester Township, with the southern end extending into Fulton, and the eastern edge crossing over into Privateer. The four sites under examination are, from north to south, 38SU18,...

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...

In late February 2001, a wildfire burned approximately 4,000 acres of the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range. This fire was located east of Strafe Pot Road, south of Big Bay Road, and included much of the area within Big Bay. Both Strafe Pit and Big Bay roads were widened in areas within Big Bay. Both Strafe Pit and Big Bay roads were widened in areas and new firebanks were constructed in order to contain the fire. The area surrounding Big Bay represents an are containing numerous archaeological...

As a result of over 20 years of archaeology, numerous sites hove been identified and investigated on Show AFB and Poinsett ECR. This report summarizes what has been learned from the work that has been done thus for on some of the more significant sites and provides discussion about the research potential of those sites and direction for future research at Show and Poinsett. Most interesting from a prehistoric perspective was the area around Big Boy, which contains numerous multicomponent...

Under a cooperative agreement between the South Carolina Army National Guard and the University of South Carolina, the Cultural Resources Consulting Division of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology conducted archaeological testing at four sites on the Clarks Hill Training Site, located in McCormick County, South Carolina. Fieldwork for this project took place over a two month period, May and June of 2000, using a crew of between 3 and 5 individuals. At the three...

Land offers, appraisals, inventories, and ownership information for landowners sold to the United States for the establishment of Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter County, South Carolina

This document contains correspondence concerning repatriation of human remains recovered from two sites on the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range in Sumter County, South Carolina. The letters are between the cultural resources manager at Shaw Air Force Base and the executive director of the Tribal Historic Preservation Office. Also included is the notice to the public of intent to repatriate human remains signed by a notary public.

The purpose of this progress report is to comply with the requirements set forth in the Scope of Work. An extensive literature search and knowledgeable informant search was completed as specified in the Scope of Work. A research design following the Scope of Work specifications and the contract proposal prepared by CHRS has been developed. The research design has incorporated the information acquired by the literature and informant research. A predictive model for both the prehistoric and...

This report details archaeological data recovery operations at site 38RD628, on McCrady Training Center, Fort Jackson, South Carolina. McCrady is used by the South Carolina National Guard (SCARNG) as its primary training site. To enhance training potential the SCARNG anticipated creating a tracked vehicle training site in the “D-First” are of McCrady. Although direct impact to 38RD628 by the creation of the training area was not anticipated,, the SCARNG recognized that tracked vehicles in...

The following is a history of solutions tested by the Department of Defense (DoD) to correct the abysmal living conditions available to military families during the early years of the Cold War. In particular, it is an analysis of the legislative, architectural and planning issues that influenced two of the larger and more influential military family housing programs in DoD history: Wherry and Capehart housing. These programs spanned from 1949-1955 and from 1955-1962, respectively, and provided...

A series of large area high data sample density geophysical surveys have been performed to discover and map historic and prehistoric archaeological components at the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range. Three prehistoric sites and one historic site totaling 14,000 square meters were surveyed. Resistivity, magnetic field gradient and ground penetrating radar surveys were performed. More than ten data samples per square meter were collected, processed and mapped. A number of historic and prehistoric...

Air Force Instruction (AFI) 32-7065 and Department of Defense Instruction (DODI) 4715.3 mandate that Shaw Air Force Base (AFB) have an Integrated Cultural Resource Management Plan (ICRMP) that will be the 20th Fighter Wing (20FW) Commander’s decision document for the management and protection of cultural resources on the installation. The document includes guidelines, procedures and management recommendations that will enable Shaw AFB to meet its legal responsibilities for the identification,...

This is a class paper on the history of land reform during the New Deal. The author explores the effect of the creation of state and national parks, new farming communities, and forestry demonstration projects. The rural landscape was altered by these reforms and the paper explores the impact of the land reform on rural South Carolina.

This document contains letters between Terry Madewell, Shaw AFB Natural and Cultural Resources Manager, Wenonah Haire, THPO Executive Director, and Gilbert Blue, Chairman of the Catawba Indian Nation. These letters document the process of repatriation of Catawba Nation human remains in compliance with NAGPRA.

This Memorandum of Understanding is entered into by and between the United States Air Force, Air Combat Command, Shaw Air Force Base, hereinafter called the "Depositor," and the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA), in the State of South Carolina, hereinafter called the "Repository."

Phase I and Phase II Archaeological Investigations of one historic site (38SU62) were performed at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter County, South Carolina. The work was accomplished by New South Associates, Inc, subcontractor for Geo-Marine Inc., for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, and the U.S. Air Force, Shaw Air Force Base (AFB). Initially site 38SU62 was believed to represent an earlier occupation in the area. Artifacts recovered from surface collection during the previous...

This Phase II archaeological study dealt with eight sites (38SU155, 38SU192, 38SU199, 38SU233, 38SU290, 38SU292, 38SU293, and 38SU294) at the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range (PECR) of Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter County, South Carolina. The sites include one historic dwelling (38SU155) and seven prehistoric camps located in the vicinity of Big Bay. Phase II investigations at each site included systematic shovel testing followed by test unit excavations to delineate site dimensions and artifact...

This resource contains multiple documents regarding the cultural resources program at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. One is a Programmatic Agreement, signed by the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Officer. Also enclosed is a Memorandum of Agreement between Shaw Air Force Base and the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Both of these documents address the proposition by Shaw Air Force Base to administer Department of Defense funds for undertakings at Shaw Air Force...

Mariah Associates, Inc. (Mariah), under contract with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, is conducting a reconnaissance inventory of Cold War material culture on selected Air Force bases throughout the continental United States and in Panama for the Air Combat Command (ACC (Figure 1.1). As each base is inventoried, a report is completed. Once all 27 bases in the study have been inventoried, a final report will be compiled integrating all evaluated resources and...

In 1994 Shaw Air Force Base acquired the unused Rosemary Fire Tower site in the former Manchester State Forest in Sumter County, South Carolina. Currently the area is part of the natural area surrounding the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range. The South Carolina Department of Archives and History determined the Rosemary Site eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places on April 7th 1995. According to Air Force Instruction 32-7065, Section 2.5.3, cultural resource managers...

This document contains both the South Carolina Department of Archives and History preliminary information form to determine National Register eligibility and the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for the Rosemary Fire Tower Complex.

This report presents the results of Phase II archeological testing of 20 prehistoric sites on the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Sumter County, South Carolina (i.e., 38SU51, 38SU52, and 38SU107, 38SU138/139, 38SU158, 38SU172, 38SUI73, 38SU178, 38SU179, 38SU180, 38SU181, 38SU182/208, 38SU203, 38SU206, 38SU207, 38SU215, 38SU218, and 38SU232). The sites are located in the Coastal Plain province and ring the edge of Big Bay, one of the largest Carolina bays in South Carolina. All of the sites...

This report presents the results of Phase II archeological testing of 20 prehistoric sites on the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Sumter County, South Carolina (i.e., 38SU51, 38SU52, and 38SU107, 38SU138/139, 38SU158, 38SU172, 38SUI73, 38SU178, 38SU179, 38SU180, 38SU181, 38SU182/208, 38SU203, 38SU206, 38SU207, 38SU215, 38SU218, and 38SU232). The sites are located in the Coastal Plain province and ring the edge of Big Bay, one of the largest Carolina bays in South Carolina. All of the sites are...

This report will discuss the results of a cultural resources visit and assessment conducted on the Poinsett Weapons Range, North Carolina. Poinsett Range is a contractor managed support facility for Shaw Air Force Base and encompasses an area of approximately 8358 acres. It is contained within the boundaries of Manchester State Park just south of the town of Wedgefield, South Carolina in Sumter County and is currently leased from the State by the federal government. The site visit was conducted...

A letter from the State Historic Preservation Officer to South Carolina archaeologists providing a list of federally and non-federally recognized Native American tribes with historic affiliation in South Carolina. This list is to facilitate the Section 106 consultation process in South Carolina.

Air Combat Command (ACC) contracted Mariah Associates, Inc. (Mariah) through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District (ACE, FW) to locate, evaluate, interpret, and prioritize important Cold War material culture at 27 selected ACC bases within the United States and Panama (Figure 1.1). The project was primarily funded by the Department of Defense (DoD), with some additional funding from the Legacy Program. The contract was managed by the ACE, FW. As a basis for the project, Mariah...

During the period from February 28 to May 4, 2003, New South Associates conducted Phase I and Phase II archaeological investigations at Shaw Air Force Base and at Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, both located in Sumter County, South Carolina. Phase I archaeological survey and Phase II archaeological testing were conducted under subcontract with Ceo-Marine, Inc., for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, and the U. S. Air Force, Shaw Air Force Base at the Poinsett Electronic...

These are the maps associated with sites 38SU58, 38SU191, 38SU222

Phase II Testing of three sites located within the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range (PECR) and Phase I Survey of three selected tracts at Show Air Force Base, South Carolina, was conducted by New South Associates for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, and the U.S. Air Force, Show Air Force Bose (AFB). Most of the PECR is located in Sumter County's Manchester Township, with the southern end extending into Fulton, and the eastern edge crossing over into Privateer. The three...

In September 1996 the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories contracted with the Public Service Archaeology Program of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to undertake the archaeological survey of 300 acres at Shaw Air Force Base and the Wateree Recreation Area, Sumter and Kershaw counties, South Carolina, under DACA88-96-M-0398. The archaeological survey of 300 acres will provide a baseline inventory of historic and prehistoric. Archaeological sites for those areas...

Memos relating to the manger's report and final report on the Prehistoric and Historic Archaeological Survey of Approximately 300 Acres at Shaw Air Force Base and the Wateree Recreational Area.

From September through December 1996 crews from the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology of the University of South Carolina and the Public Service Archaeology Program of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign conducted Phase I archaeological survey of 284 acres at Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter County, and Wateree Recreational Area, Kershaw County, South Carolina, for the United States Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. The investigations were designed...

This document is a Memorandum from Paul S. Metz, the Chief of Environmental Resources Branch of the Department of the Army, Savannah District Corps of Engineers, to Dan Ryan at Shaw Air Force Base. Accompanying the Memorandum was a copy of the management summary for data recovery at sites 38SU136/137 and 38SU141. These sites are located in Big Bay, South Carolina on the Poinsett combat range at Shaw Air Force Base.

This Management Summary describes preliminary results of archeaological data recovery at sites 38SU136/137 and 38SU141 undertaken by New South Associates, Inc., between April 26, 1999, and August 13, 1999 on the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range (PECR), Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter County, South Carolina. The two sites contain evidence of human occupation beginning as early as 9,500 years ago. With few exceptions, most recognized archaeological/temporal periods for the interior coastal plain...

Maps of archaeological and heritage resources sites affected by the 1998 proposed burn on the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, South Carolina.

Series of aerial photographs of Shaw Air Force Base from 1954, 1980, 1993, and 1996.

This document contains lists of archaeological sites and a summary pertinent information for all the archaeological reports located at Shaw AFB for PECR and the base. This information is for reference only to help evaluate what is needed for curation of the collections from these surveys, excavations and recovery efforts.

Cultural and heritage resource site eligibility maps and site inventories as of 2005 for the lands managed by Natural & Cultural Resources, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

This document is a memorandum detailing the curatorial agreement between the US Air Force and the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology. Archaeological materials excavated at Shaw Air Force base will be curated at SCIAA.

Archaeological site testing was conducted on five sites on the Poinsett Electronic Comba Range (PECR) at Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter County, South Carolina. The sites investigated were 38SU140, 38SU148, 38SU188, 38SU195 and 38SU209. Sites 38Ul48, 38SU188 and 38SUl95 all refl ected late 1911 to early 20111 century occupations associated with rural agrirulture. All of these sites had received impacts to their integrity from logging, farming and the demolition of structures following the federal...