Intensive Archaeological Survey of the S-779 Improvements, Aiken County, South Carolina

Author(s): Wayne D. Roberts

Year: 1992

Summary

"This survey, conducted by the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation for the Federal Highway Administration, is in compliance with the Secretary of Interior's Standards and Guidelines (published in the Federal Register, September 29, 1983). This report also conforms to the Guidelines and Standards for Archaeological Investigations published by the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (1991). The purpose of the survey was to locate and identify any archaeological or historical sites which may be affected by the proposed undertaking. Located sites were then to be assessed concerning the criteria for eligibility for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places (36 CFR 60.4; Glassow 1977; Butler 1987). The survey was conducted on July 8, 1992. Initial consultation with personnel from the State Historic Preservation Office. (SHPO) at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History occurred on July 7, 1992. The survey, analysis and report preparation were conducted by Wayne D. Roberts of the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation. The site form and artifacts are to be transferred to the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology for permanent curation."

Cite this Record

Intensive Archaeological Survey of the S-779 Improvements, Aiken County, South Carolina. Wayne D. Roberts. Columbia, South Carolina: South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation. 1992 ( tDAR id: 391755) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8D79CQH

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Keywords

Culture
Historic • Middle Archaic

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Glass

Site Name
38AK500 • 38AK501 • 38AK503 • 38AK8

Site Type
Artifact Scatter • Commercial or Industrial Structures • Railroad

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

General
Aiken County • Alkaline Glazed Stoneware • Aqua Container Glass • Archaeological Survey • Coastal Plains Chert • Flake Shatter • Highway Improvements • Lithic Scatter • Manganese Container Glass • Mason Jar Fragments • Morrow Mountain Projectile Point • Porcelain • Quartz • Quartzite • Thinning Flakes • Whiteware

Geographic Keywords
Aiken County, SC

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

Spatial Coverage

min long: -82.061; min lat: 33.34 ; max long: -81.624; max lat: 33.622 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

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

Contributor(s): J. Lee Tippett

Principal Investigator(s): Wayne D. Roberts

Prepared By(s): South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation

Notes

General Note: "Two sites. one archaeological and one historical. were identified as a result of the survey. Archaeological site 38AK503 is a Middle Archaic lithic scatter and a late nineteenth/early twentieth century historic scatter. This site is not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The site offers little research potential. No additional investigations are recommended."

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Contact(s): Jonathan Leader

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