Archaeological Survey of the RSR Corporation Facility Area Tract, Aiken County, South Carolina

Author(s): Michael. Trinkley; Natalie Adams

Year: 1993

Summary

"This study represents a preliminary historical and intensive archaeological survey of the 440 acre RSR Corporation tract near the town of Montmorenci in Aiken County. The primary purpose of this investigation is to identify and assess the archaeological remains present in the tract, although secondary goals are to examine the relationship between prehistoric and historic settlement patterns and water sources.

As a result of this work nine archaeological sites were identified, primarily through the use of systematic shovel testing in wooded areas and pedestrian surveys in agricultural fields. Of the identified archaeological sites, two contained prehistoric components and nine contained historic components. Site 38AK504 is a standing structure located off the survey tract approximately 1000 feet to the east. One site (38AK511) is recommended as potentially eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. This site represents a late nineteenth/early twentieth century tenant occupation containing a number of above ground features. They include a fieldstone chimney base, two foundation piers, and a well. The site is intact except for a small portion located adjacent to a gas pipeline right of way."

Cite this Record

Archaeological Survey of the RSR Corporation Facility Area Tract, Aiken County, South Carolina. Michael. Trinkley, Natalie Adams. Chicora Research Contribution ,101. Columbia, South Carolina: Chicora Foundation, Inc. 1993 ( tDAR id: 391620) ; doi:10.6067/XCV87H1KV9

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Keywords

Culture
Early Archaic • Historic

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Glass • Metal

Site Name
38AK228-W • 38AK504 • 38AK505 • 38AK506 • 38Ak507 • 38AK508 • 38AK509 • 38AK510 • 38AK511 • 38AK512 • 38BM40 • 38LX5 • 38RD60

Site Type
Artifact Scatter • Isolated Artifact

Investigation Types
Architectural Documentation • Architectural Survey • Records Search / Inventory Checking • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

General
16d Wire Nail • Aiken County • Amethyst Glass • Aqua Blue Glass • Archaeological Survey • Bottle Glass • Brown Glass • Coal • Coastal Plains Chert • Cobalt Blue Glass • Copper Wire • Earthenware • Green Glass • Hand Painted • Iron Fragments • Light Green Milk Glass • Palmer Cornernotched Point • Pearlware • Pipe Fragment • Porcelain • Quartz • Redware • Side Scraper • Stoneware • Teal Colored Glass • Transfer Printed • Whiteware • Window Glass • Yellowware Show More

Geographic Keywords
Aiken County

Temporal Keywords
Historic Period • Postcontact Period • Precontact Period • Prehistoric Period

Spatial Coverage

min long: -82.039; min lat: 33.386 ; max long: -81.575; max lat: 33.647 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina; Jonathan Leader

Contributor(s): Natalie Adams; H.R. Nulisch; Charles Cooper; South Caroliniana Library; Aiken County Clerk of Court; Barnwell County Register of Mesne Conveyances; Barnwell County Public Library; Thomas Cooper Map Repository; Fred DeMag; Steve Corsini; Liz Pinckney; Darwin Ramsey-Styer; Neils Taylor; Michael. Trinkley

Prepared By(s): Chicora Foundation, Inc.

Submitted To(s): RSR Corporation

Record Identifiers

Chicora Research Contribution(s): 101

Notes

General Note: "The primary goals of this study were to identify and assess the significance of archaeological resources on the RSR Corporation facility tract. As a result of the archaeological survey, nine new archaeological sites were identified, and one standing architectural structure was also recorded. Of these eight of the archaeological sites are recommended as not eligible for inclusion on the National Register and the one standing structure is recommended as not eligible. Consequently, no further investigations are recommended for these sites. One archaeological site, 38AKSll, is recommended as potentially eligible for inclusion on the National Register. It should be emphasized that these are the professional recommendations of Chicora Foundation, based on our field investigations. The final determination of eligibility, however, will be made by the S. C. State Historic Preservation Office in consultation with the lead federal agency."

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