Phase I Cultural Resource Survey of US 278 (Williston Road) over Three Runs Creek, Aiken County, South Carolina
Author(s): William Matthew Tankersley
Year: 2011
Summary
"The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) plans to replace the existing bridge on US 278 over Upper Three Runs Creek (Bridge 1D #00000220027800500), which will include improvements to the existing road (Figure I). The project area extends 890 feet north and 610 feet south and 1,700 feet east and 1,470 west of the bridge over the Upper Three Runs Creek in Aiken County. The Area of Potential Effect (APE) is 300 feet either side of the existing centerline. The project area extended up and downstream as well as along the dirt access road south and east of the bridge. This survey was designed to identifY any cultural resources, new or previously recorded, that might be impacted by the proposed project. The project area is located within the Savannah River Site (SRS) federal boundary."
Cite this Record
Phase I Cultural Resource Survey of US 278 (Williston Road) over Three Runs Creek, Aiken County, South Carolina. William Matthew Tankersley. Columbia, South Carolina: South Carolina Department of Transportation. 2011 ( tDAR id: 391529) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8WQ052V
URL: http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/sciaa/
Keywords
Culture
Late Archaic
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Mississippian
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Woodland
Material
Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
Site Type
Artifact Scatter
Investigation Types
Architectural Survey
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Records Search / Inventory Checking
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Systematic Survey
General
Aiken County
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Bridge Replacement
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Coastal Plains Chert
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Fired Clay
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Highway Improvement
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Quartz
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Quartzite
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Residual Sherds
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Rhyolite
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Stallings Pottery
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Thoms Creek Plain
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Thoms Creek Pottery
Geographic Keywords
Aiken County
Temporal Keywords
Precontact Period
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Prehistoric Period
Spatial Coverage
min long: -82.043; min lat: 33.414 ; max long: -81.373; max lat: 33.78 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina; Jonathan Leader
Contributor(s): Chad Long; Elizabeth Johnson; New South Associates, Inc. ; William Matthew Tankersley
Prepared By(s): South Carolina Department of Transportation
Notes
General Note: "The project's Area of Potential Effects (APE) was surveyed by New South Associates in August 2011. Two copies of the report are enclosed for your review. The investigation resulted in the identification of two new archaeological sites (38AK989 and 38AK990) and one historic structure (U/03/3308l-3642)."
File Information
| Name | Size | Creation Date | Date Uploaded | Access | |
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| August-18-24--2011.pdf | 2.39mb | Sep 24, 2013 9:20:30 AM | Confidential | ||
| Redacted-August-18-24--2011.pdf | 2.68mb | Sep 24, 2013 9:20:30 AM | Public |
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Contact(s): Jonathan Leader