Data Recovery Investigation of Clay Hill Plantation (38DR375), Dorchester County, South Carolina

Author(s): Brockington and Associates, Inc.; Dave Baluha

Year: 2018

Summary

Archaeological investigations at 38DR375-Locus 1 identified two distinct occupations: an early eighteenth- to mid-nineteenth-century occupation related to Clay Hill Plantation activities and a late nineteenth- to early twentieth-century tenant farm settlement. These investigations identified multiple activity areas, including six distinct structures (Structures 1-6), across 38DR375-Locus 1, all of which formed part of the former Clay Hill Plantation settlement. These structures include a privy associated with the slave settlement (Structure 1), a possible overseer’s residence (Structure 2), the main house and kitchen complex and attached porches or sheds (Structures 3A-3D and 4), an unknown structure (Structure 5), and one other residence (Structure 6).

Cite this Record

Data Recovery Investigation of Clay Hill Plantation (38DR375), Dorchester County, South Carolina. Brockington and Associates, Inc., Dave Baluha. 2018 ( tDAR id: 446764) ; doi:10.6067/XCV80R9SB8

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Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Fauna • Glass

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Plantation house • plantation kitchen • post-in-earth • Privy • Refuse Pit • Shrine? • slavery

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Historic Background Research

Geographic Keywords
Coastal Plain • Dorchester County

Temporal Keywords
Antebellum • British Colonial • Postbellum

Spatial Coverage

min long: -80.286; min lat: 32.919 ; max long: -80.252; max lat: 32.949 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Field Director(s): Dave Baluha

Record Identifiers

Project Number(s): 4720

File Information

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Clayhil-Plantation--38DR375--Data-Recovery.pdf 29.95mb Sep 20, 2018 7:11:36 AM Public
Final Report.