Management Summary of Phase II Testing of 11 Sites, Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Sumter County, South Carolina

Author(s): Ashley A. Chapman

Year: 2000

Summary

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 of the range in 1996. Of the eleven sites tested, five are recommended as eligible for inclusion on the National Register. Two of these sites are historic, including the 19-century Manchester Railroad Depot. Three sites are multi component prehistoric sites and contain significant subsurface deposits.

Cite this Record

Management Summary of Phase II Testing of 11 Sites, Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Sumter County, South Carolina. Ashley A. Chapman. Stone Mountain, Georgia: New South Associates, Inc. . 2000 ( tDAR id: 381470) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8RR2048

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Historic • Late Woodland • Middle Woodland • Mississippian • Woodland

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

Site Name
38SU106 • 38SU153 • 38SU157 • 38SU163 • 38SU167 • 38SU169 • 38SU204 • 38SU205 • 38SU230 • 38SU56 • 38SU60

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Commercial or Industrial Structures • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • House • Midden • Post Hole / Post Mold • Railroad • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features

Investigation Types
Heritage Management • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Arms • Calcine Bone • Car Finder • Chimney Base • Clothing • Collapsed Chimney • Farmstead • Hanover Ceramic Series • Manchester Depot • Metal Hardware • Pearlware • Scraper • Stoneware • Tobacco • Wilmington Ceramic Series • Yadkin Ceramic Series

Geographic Keywords
Coastal Plain • Poinsett Electronic Combat Range • Shaw Air Force Base • South Carolina • Sumter County

Spatial Coverage

min long: -80.704; min lat: 33.755 ; max long: -80.354; max lat: 33.943 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Shaw Air Force Base

Field Director(s): Ashley A. Chapman

Prepared By(s): New South Associates, Inc.

Submitted To(s): U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Georgia

Record Identifiers

Contract Number(s): DACW21-99-D-004, DO 0007

New South Associates Technical Report Number(s): 742

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