Data Recovery Excavations at Wood Pottery (38AK493/931) Aiken County, South Carolina

Author(s): Jon Bernard Marcoux; Thomas Whitley; Joan Gillard; Erin Kane; Jennifer Salo; Michael Walsh; Allison Wind; Damon Jackson

Year: 2010

Summary

"Between May 23 and June 3, 2005, Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted archaeological data recovery investigations at the Wood Pottery locus of site 38AK493/931 (Federal Aid Number: STP-UR02 [008], State File Number: 2.156B, PIN 30611) in Aiken County, South Carolina. These investigations were carried out under the Treatment Plan approved by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT), and the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) in fulfillment of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) among these parties. The two-part mitigation plan approved for 38AK493/931included (1) interpreting and presenting historical information related to the Thirteenth Street Industrial Complex in a series of weatherproof signs placed along the nearby greenway trail, and (2) undertaking data recovery excavations at the Wood Pottery Company kiln locality."

Cite this Record

Data Recovery Excavations at Wood Pottery (38AK493/931) Aiken County, South Carolina. Jon Bernard Marcoux, Thomas Whitley, Joan Gillard, Erin Kane, Jennifer Salo, Michael Walsh, Allison Wind, Damon Jackson. Atlanta, Charleston, Elizabethtown, Pensacola, Savannah: Brockington and Associates, Inc. 2010 ( tDAR id: 391364) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8BK1DM7

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Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Glass • Metal

Site Name
38AK493/931

Site Type
Artifact Scatter • Factory / Workshop • Historic Structure • Kiln • Midden • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Architectural Survey • Data Recovery / Excavation • Historic Background Research

General
Aiken County • Albany Glazed Brick Fragment • Albany Glazed Stoneware • Albany Glazed Stoneware Sherds • Alkaline Glazed Stoneware • Alkaline Glazed Stoneware Sherds • Amber Glass Bottle Fragment • Amethyst Glass • Brass • Brass Ring • Brick • Brick Fragments • Bricks • Bristol Glazed Stoneware • Bristol Glazed Stoneware Sherds • Coal • Coca-Cola Bottle • Copper • Dark Olive Glass Fragment • Galvanized Hardware • Gilded Ironstone • Gilded Porcelain Plate • Iron Buckle • Iron Fragment • Iron Sheet Metal • Ironstone • Iron Washer • Kaolin Pipe Bowl Fragment • Kaolin Pipe Stem Fragment • Kiln • Kiln Debris • Kiln furniture • Kiln Site • Kiln Technology • Light Blue Bottle Glass • Melted Glass • Mortar Fragment • Porcelain • Residual Sherds • Slag • Stoneware Red-Bodied Body • Terracotta • Terracotta Flower Pot • Unglazed Stoneware • Unglazed Stoneware Kiln Furniture • Unglazed Terracotta Body • Unglazed Terracotta Flower Pot • White Glazed Coarse Earthenware • Wire Nail • Wood Pottery Company Show More

Geographic Keywords
Aiken County

Temporal Keywords
Historic Period • Postcontact Period

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1904 to 1907 (Wood Pottery Company)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -82.186; min lat: 33.269 ; max long: -81.164; max lat: 33.819 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Jennifer Scheetz

Contributor(s): Jon Bernard Marcoux; Thomas Whitley; Joan Gillard; Erin Kane; Wayne Roberts; Chad Long; Chetna Dixon; Shawn Davis; Davis and Floyd, Inc.; Federal Highway Administration; South Carolina Department of Transportation; The City of North Augusta; Skip Grkovic; Hammond's Ferry Community; Turner Simkins; Leyland Alliance; Howard Kaufman; Christopher Espenshade; Carl Steen; Martha Zierden; James Page; John O'Donnell; Tamara Bruinink; Jennifer Bedell; Jeremy Davis; Trent Myers; Jason Gray; Justin Bradshaw; Deborah Casselberry; Allison Wind; Damon Jackson; Callie McLean; Rachel Vykukal; Jennifer Salo; Michael Walsh; South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)

Sponsor(s): South Carolina Department of Transportation

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

Notes

General Note: "Between May 23 and June 3, 2005, Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted archaeological data recovery investigations at the Wood Pottery locus of site 38AK493/931 (Federal Aid Number: STP-UR02 [008], State File Number: 2.156B, PIN 30611). These investigations were carried out under the Treatment Plan approved by the Federal Highway Administration, the South Carolina Department of Transportation, and the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) in fulfillment of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) among these parties. The two-part mitigation plan approved for 38AK493/931included (1) interpreting and presenting historical information related to the Thirteenth Street Industrial Complex in a series of weatherproof signs placed along the nearby greenway trail, and (2) undertaking data recovery excavations at the Wood Pottery Company kiln locality. The completion of both parts of this plan is sufficient to mitigate the adverse effect that proposed land-disturbing activities will have on this NRHP-eligible site. Land disturbing activities at site 38AK493/931 should be allowed to proceed as planned."

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