An Archaeological Study of the Little River-Buffalo Creek Special Land Disposal Tract, Volume 1, Little River-Buffalo Creek Special Land Disposal Tract 1983

Author(s): Lesley M. Drucker; Ronald W. Anthony

Year: 1984

Summary

A cultural resources inventory study of over 2,300 acres within the interriverine Piedmont of South Carolina (Clarks Hill Like) was conducted for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District. The focus of this study was a federal land surplus tract within the lower Little River - Buffalo Creek drainage area.

Field survey located 108 previously unrecorded sites, including prehistoric campsites, late historic (19th/early 20th century) homesteads, 19th century cemeteries, and historic period rock pile sites. Of particular research and historical significance were a stratified upland Paleoindian campsite; James L. Petigru's Badwell plantation; a probable black yeoman farmstead; a tenant farmstead; and a rural black schoolhouse site (Martha's Chapel School).

Based on the combined results of the field survey and testing program, archival-documentary-informant research, and prior archaeological study of the Savannah River drainage, a general model of prehistoric and historic site location for the Piedmont sector of this drainage system is proposed for use by federal managers, with emphasis on the Little River watershed.

Cite this Record

An Archaeological Study of the Little River-Buffalo Creek Special Land Disposal Tract, Volume 1, Little River-Buffalo Creek Special Land Disposal Tract 1983. Lesley M. Drucker, Ronald W. Anthony. 1984 ( tDAR id: 439378) ; doi:10.6067/XCV82B91V6

Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Early Archaic • Late Archaic • Middle Archaic • PaleoIndian

Material
Ceramic • Glass

Site Name
38MC274 • 38MC275 • 38MC276 • 38MC277 • 38MC278 • 38MC279 • 38MC280 • 38MC281 • 38MC282 • 38MC283 • 38MC285 • 38MC286 • 38MC287 • 38MC288 • 38MC289 • 38MC290 • 38MC291 • 38MC292 • 38MC294 • 38MC296 • 38MC297 • 38MC298 • 38MC299 • 38MC300 • 38MC301 • 38MC302 • 38MC303 • 38MC304 • 38MC305 • 38MC306 • 38MC307 • 38MC308 • 38MC309 • 38MC311 • 38MC312 • 38MC313 • 38MC314 • 38MC315 • 38MC316 • 38MC317 • 38MC318 • 38MC319 • 38MC320 • 38MC321 • 38MC322 • 38MC323 • 38MC324 • 38MC325 • 38MC326 • 38MC327 • 38MC328 • 38MC329 • 38MC330 • 38MC331 • 38MC332 • 38MC333 • 38MC334 • 38MC335 • 38MC336 • 38MC337 • 38MC338 • 38MC339 • 38MC340 • 38MC341 • 38MC342 • 38MC343 • 38MC344 • 38MC345 • 38MC346 • 38MC347 • 38MC348 • 38MC349 • 38MC350 • 38MC351 • 38MC352 • 38MC353 • 38MC354 • 38MC355 • 38MC356 • 38MC357 • 38MC358 • 38MC359 • 38MC381 • 38MC382 • 38MC383 • 38MC384 • 38MC70 • 38MC74 • 38MC75 • 38MC78 • 38MC82 • 38MC84 Show More

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Rock Alignment

Investigation Types
Heritage Management • Reconnaissance / Survey

General
Collections Management

Geographic Keywords
Clarks Hill Lake • Mccormick (County) • South Carolina (State / Territory)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -82.657; min lat: 33.644 ; max long: -81.926; max lat: 34.078 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District

Contributor(s): Carl R. Steen; Susan J. Krantz; Susan H. Jackson

Principal Investigator(s): Lesley M. Drucker

Landowner(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District

Sponsor(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District

Prepared By(s): Carolina Archaeological Services

Submitted To(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District

Record Identifiers

Contract No.(s): DACW21-83-C-0049

Notes

General Note: The digital materials in this collection were processed by the Veterans Curation Program (VCP), and include archival photographs, finding aid, original investigation reports, oversized material spreadsheet, photographic material spreadsheet, and scanned asset key. Additional digital materials held by the VCP include the document folder listing, initial data collection, notes, oversized document labels, photographic material labels, and records removal sheets. For additional information on these materials, refer to the finding aid.

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