Low Water Bankline Survey of the Rice Plantation Landscape
Author(s): Loren R Clark; Michael C. Murray
Year: 2016
Summary
As part of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project, the Savannah district will construct a number of mitigation features to compensate for adverse environmental impacts. Panamerican Consultants conducted both terrestrial and submerged investigations within the Savannah River estuary. A large component of the overall project was a low water bankline survey of Steamboat Slough, as well as Middle and Little Back Rivers, which recorded a total of 116 sites. Associated with the rice plantation landscape of the low country, the majority of the sites represent the modification of the marsh and riverine landscape for successful rice farming while several sites represent watercraft used in the day to day operations of the plantations.
Cite this Record
Low Water Bankline Survey of the Rice Plantation Landscape. Loren R Clark, Michael C. Murray. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Washington, D.C. 2016 ( tDAR id: 434945)
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Keywords
General
Landscape Modification
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Rice Plantations
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Survey
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
US Civil War
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 386