Cultural Resources Survey of the Morgan Tract

Author(s): Erik Mischker; Inna Burns; Damon Jackson

Editor(s): Jennifer Salo

Year: 2008

Summary

"Investigators identified 14 sites (38JA410–38JA423) and 11 isolated finds (Isolates 1–11) during the survey of the Morgan Tract. We recommend sites 38JA410–38JA415, 38JA417, and 38JA420–38JA423 and Isolates 1–11 not eligible for the NRHP. No further management consideration of sites 38JA410–38JA415, 38JA417, and 38JA420–38JA423 and the isolated finds is warranted. Although we recommend the site containing a cemetery (38JA421) not eligible for the NRHP, ground disturbance in and near the cemetery, to include a reasonable buffer around the cemetery boundary, should be avoided. We recommend that land managers set aside a 7.5-meter buffer around the boundary of the cemetery to better ensure its protection. Cemeteries are protected from disturbance and desecration under South Carolina state law (South Carolina Code of Laws 16-17-590 and 16-17-600). We recommend sites 38JA416, 38JA418, and 38JA419 potentially eligible for the NRHP. If sites 38JA416, 38JA418, and 38JA419 cannot be preserved in place, we recommend that evaluative testing be conducted to determine definitively the NRHP eligibility of each site."

Cite this Record

Cultural Resources Survey of the Morgan Tract. Erik Mischker, Inna Burns, Damon Jackson, Jennifer Salo. Mt. Pleasant, SC: Brockington and Associates, Inc. 2008 ( tDAR id: 391256) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8SF2XFM

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Keywords

Culture
African American • Archaic • Early Woodland • Euroamerican • Historic • Late Archaic • Mississippian • Woodland

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Glass • Human Remains • Metal

Site Name
Site No. 38JA410 - Possible Mississippian Encampment • Site No. 38JA411 • Site No. 38JA412 • Site No. 38JA413 • Site No. 38JA414 - Possible Homesite • Site No. 38JA415 • Site No. 38JA416 - Possible Overseer Residence • Site No. 38JA417 - Post-Contact Homesite • Site No. 38JA418 - Post-Contact Slave Settlement • Site No. 38JA419 - Possible Post-Contact Homesite • Site No. 38JA420 - Lithic Scatter/ Possible Homestie/Dumpsite • Site No. 38JA421 - Bush Cemetery • Site No. 38JA422 • Site No. 38JA423 - Inland Rice Field Features

Site Type
Agricultural Field or Field Feature • Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Cemetery • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Encampment • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Isolated Artifact • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Settlements

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Collections Research • Consultation • Data Recovery / Excavation • Environment Research • Heritage Management • Historic Background Research • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

General
Aqua Bottle Glass Fragments • Aqua Window Glass • Astbury Sherds • Blue and Green Annular Whiteware Sherds • Blue Shell Edged Sherds • Blue Underglaze Transfer Printed Pearlware Sherds • Blue Underglaze Transfer Printed Whiteware Sherds • Brick Fragments • Brown Cabled Pearlware • Brown Machine-made Glass Flask Base Fragments • Buffware Sherds • Burnt Ceramic Sherds • Chert Flake Fragment • Chert Mississippian Triangular Projectile Point Base • Chert Secondary Bifacial Reduction Flakes • Chert Shatter • Chert Tertiary Bifacial Reduction Flakes • Chert Tertiary Core Reduction Flakes • Chert Wade Projectile Point • Clear Bottle Glass Fragments • Clear Window Glass Fragments • Colonoware Sherds • Creamware Sherds • French Flint Fragments • Gray and Brown Annular Sherds • Green Shell-edged Pearlware Sherd • Inland Rice Field Features • Iron Kettle Fragments • Iron Nut • Iron Wire Fragments • Kaolin Pipe Bowl fragments • Kaolin Pipe Stems • Lithic Scatter • Milk Glass Fragments • Milky Quartz Shatter • Mocha Pearlware • Olive Green Glass Bottle Fragments • Overglaze Handpainted Chinese Porcelain Sherds • Red Clay Pipebowl • Residual Sherds • Sand Tempered Bold Incised Sherds • Sand Tempered Eroded Sherds • Sand Tempered Plain Sherds • Square Nails • Stallings Plain Sherds • Undecorated Ironstone Sherds • Undecorated Pearlware Sherds • Undecorated Whiteware Sherds • Unidentifiable Iron Fragments • Wire Nails Show More

Geographic Keywords
Jasper (County) • Two Bridge Swamp

Temporal Keywords
Post-Contact Period • Pre-Contact Period

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1865 to 1865 (The courthouse containing the areas deeds and grants was burned by General Sherman)

Calendar Date: 1861 to 1865 (The American Civil War)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -81.416; min lat: 31.97 ; max long: -80.789; max lat: 32.848 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Thomas & Hutton Engineering Company; Ryan Smith; Jonathan Leader

Contributor(s): Will Brockenbrough; Charles F. Phillips Jr.; Brian Falls; David S. Baluha; Chris Frulla; Scott Kitchens; Jimmy LeFebre; Will Murray; Rebecca Sease; Blair Stec; Nicole Isenbarger; Andrew Agha; Inna Burns; Damon Jackson; Erik Mischker; Jennifer Salo

Principal Investigator(s): Johshua N. Fletcher

Sponsor(s): MFM Properties, LLC

Prepared By(s): Brockington and Associates, Inc.

Notes

General Note: "... Investigators identified 14 sites (38JA410–38JA423) and 11 isolated finds (Isolates 1–11) during the survey of the Morgan Tract. We recommend sites 38JA410–38JA415, 38JA417, and 38JA420–38JA423 and Isolates 1–11 not eligible for the NRHP. No further management consideration of sites 38JA410–38JA415, 38JA417, and 38JA420–38JA423 and the isolated finds is warranted. Although we recommend the site containing a cemetery (38JA421) not eligible for the NRHP, ground disturbance in and near the cemetery, to include a reasonable buffer around the cemetery boundary, should be avoided. We recommend that land managers set aside a 7.5-meter buffer around the boundary of the cemetery to better ensure its protection. Cemeteries are protected from disturbance and desecration under South Carolina state law (South Carolina Code of Laws 16-17-590 and 16-17-600). We recommend sites 38JA416, 38JA418, and 38JA419 potentially eligible for the NRHP. If sites 38JA416, 38JA418, and 38JA419 cannot be preserved in place, we recommend that evaluative testing be conducted to determine definitively the NRHP eligibility of each site...."

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