Data Recovery Investigations at 38DR480 Laurel Hill Plantation: A Look at Settlement Indians of the Inland Lowcountry

Author(s): Jeff Sherard; Ralph Bailey

Year: 2023

Summary

Brockington and Associates, Inc. conducted archaeological data recovery at Laurel Hill Plantation (Site 38DR480) in 2021 and early 2022. Brockington is supporting True Homes in the treatment of this and other cultural resources that are being managed through the OCRM CZC Certification for their Hwy 165 Clusters Corner project and Homecoming residential community. This site provides a rare glimpse into lives of a small group of Settlement Indians at Laurel Hill, a remote, inland rice plantation in the Cane Acre area of the South Carolina Inland Lowcountry. The information recovered from this site and presented in the report will add significantly to the archaeological record of an important, indigenous people that have largely been overlooked.

Cite this Record

Data Recovery Investigations at 38DR480 Laurel Hill Plantation: A Look at Settlement Indians of the Inland Lowcountry. Jeff Sherard, Ralph Bailey. 2023 ( tDAR id: 488754) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8488754

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Keywords

Culture
African American • Historic • Historic Native American

Material
Ceramic • Colonoware • Fauna • Low-fired earthenware • Macrobotanical • Pearlware

Site Name
38DR480

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Absentee Owner • Inland Rice • Settlement Indians

Geographic Keywords
Dorchester (County) • Inland Lowcounty

Temporal Keywords
Antebellum • Historic

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1800 to 1840

Spatial Coverage

min long: -80.293; min lat: 32.837 ; max long: -80.204; max lat: 32.926 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Sierra Roark; Susan Andrews; Charles Philips

Record Identifiers

Project Number(s): 5788

File Information

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Laurel-Hill-Data-Recovery-Report.pdf 17.70mb Sep 7, 2023 5:26:52 AM Public