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Research Manuscript Series

Initiated in 1969, the Research Manuscript Series consists of technical monographs summarizing archaeological projects in South Carolina conducted by SCIAA personnel and collaborators. Many of these reports describe the results of excavations, but artifact analyses and ethnohistorical research are represented as well.

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The Discovery of Old Fort Congaree

James L. Michie

Keywords: Excavations, Congaree River, Congaree Swamp, Fort Congaree, Colonial period, Richland County, South Carolina, Archeology
The Search for Architectural Remains at the Planter's House and the Slave Settlement, Richmond Hill Plantation, Georgetown County, South Carolina

James Michie and Jay Mills

Keywords: Excavations, Architecture, Plantations, Slaves, Georgetown County, Richmond Hill Plantation, South Carolina, Archaeology
An Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey of the Saint James Church Properties of the Diocese of South Carolina in Goose Creek, Berkeley County, South Carolina

Tommy Charles, Joe Davis, and Carl Steen

Keywords: Surveys, Churches, Goose Creek, Berkeley County, South Carolina, Archaeology
Archaeological Investigations at Tomassee (38OC186) A Lower Cherokee Town

Marvin T. Smith, Mark Williams, Chester B. DePratter, Marshall Williams, and Mike Harmon

Keywords: Excavations, Cherokee Indians, Oconee County, Tomassee, South Carolina, Archaeology
An Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey of the Proposed Santee Canal Sanctuary, Berkeley County, South Carolina

Tommy Charles and James O. Mills

Keywords: Berkeley County, Stony Landing, Santee Cooper, Santee Canal, Sanctuaries, South Carolina, Archaeology
Richmond Hill and Wachesaw: An Archaeological Study of Two Rice Plantations on the Waccamaw River, Georgetown County, South Carolina

James L. Michie

Keywords: Excavations, Georgetown County, Rice plantations, Waccamaw River, Richmond Hill Plantation, Wachesaw Plantation, South Carolina, Archaeology
An Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey of the Proposed Santee Canal Sanctuary, Berkeley County, South Carolina

Tommy Charles and James O. Mills

Keywords: Berkeley County, Stony Landing, Santee Cooper, Santee Canal, Sanctuaries, South Carolina, Archaeology
Archaeological Investigations at Nipper Creek (38RD18): An Archaic Fall-Line Site

Ruth Y. Wetmore and Albert C. Goodyear

Keywords: Nipper Creek, Prehistoric, Paleoindian, Richland County, South Carolina
Discovering Santa Elena West of Fort San Felipe

Stanley South and William B. Hunt

Keywords: Excavations, Parris Island, Santa Elena, Spanish, Fort San Felipe, South Carolina, Archaeology
An Intensive Archaeological Survey of the Vogtle-SRP 230KV Transmission Line, Savannah River Plant, Barnwell County, South Carolina

Mark J. Brooks, Glen T. Hanson, and Richard D. Brooks

Keywords: Excavations, Transmission lines, Archaeolgical surveying, Indians of North America, Savannah River Valley, Savannah River Plant, Barnwell County, South Carolina, Archeology
Excavation of the Casa Fuerte and Wells at Ft. San Felipe 1984

Stanley South

Keywords: Excavations, Spaniards, Fort San Felipe, Santa Elena, Parris Island, South Carolina, Archeology
Underwater Archaeological Survey of the Proposed James Island Expressway Corridor Across the Ashley River and Wappoo Creek, Charleston County, S.C.

Alan B. Albright, Mark M. Newell, and David M. Brewer

Between April 15th and May 10th, 1985, Institute personnel directed and carried out an underwater archeological survey of a section of the bottom of the Ashley River and Wappoo Creek where the James Island Bridge is to be constructed (Fig.2). Two types of survey methodology were employed: electronic sensing using a side scan sonar and magnetometer, and a visual investigation of the river and creek bottom using divers. Sonar and magnetometer lines were run up and down the river over a distance of 2,000 yards, covering the impact area where the Ashley River Bridge is to be located. The diver's visual investigation was restricted to a corridor 550 feet wide by the distance across the river. This was the area to be most heavily impacted by the bridge construction activity. In Wappoo Creek, divers investigated a 300 ft corridor across the creek where a section of the bridge is to be built. No remote sensing was carried out in this area because previous channel deepening and widening in the past would have destroyed any significant cultural remains. Through analysis of the records from both electronic and diver investigations, it was determined that there were no discernible archeological or paleontological reasons to delay the construction of the bridge.

Keywords: Excavations, Bridges, Underwater Archaeology, Ashley River, Wappoo Creek, James Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, Archeology
An Intensive Archaeological Survey of Potential Cooling Ponds for Pen Branch and Four Mile Creek, Savannah River Plant, Aiken and Barnwell Counties, South Carolina

Debra K. Martin, Glen T. Hanson Jr., and Richard D. Brooks

Keywords: Excavations, Savannah River, Savannah River Plant, Aiken County, Barnwell County, South Carolina, Archeology
The Camden Jail and Market Site: A Report on Preliminary Investigations

Kenneth E. Lewis

Keywords: Excavations, Kershaw County, Camden Jail and Market Site, Camden, South Carolina, Archeology
An Archeological Survey of Chert Quarries in Western Allendale County, South Carolina

Albert C. Goodyear and Tommy Charles

Keywords: Excavations, Indians of North America, Stone tools, Chert quarry survey, Allendale County, South Carolina, Archeology
The Collection Survey: Third Phase: Recording and Indexing Collected Data

Tommy Charles

Keywords: Excavations, Indians of North America, Historic sites, Archeological museums and collections, South Carolina, Archeology
The Ashley River: A Survey of Seventeenth Century Sites

Michael O. Hartley

Keywords: Excavations, Settlements, Ashley River, Spaniards, Indians of North America, South Carolina, Archeology
An Initial Archeological Survey of the Wachesaw/Richmond Plantation Property, Georgetown County, South Carolina

James L. Michie

Keywords: Excavations, Plantations, Waccamaw River, Waccamaw Neck, Georgetown County, South Carolina, Archeology
Testing Archeological Sampling Methods at Fort San Felipe 1983

Stanley South

Keywords: Excavations, Spaniards, Spanish Florida, Port Royal Sound, Parris Island, Santa Elena, South Carolina, Archeology
Santa Elena: A Brief History of the Colony, 1566-1587

Eugene Lyon

Keywords: Excavations, Spaniards, Spanish Florida, Santa Elena, South Carolina, Archeology
Testing and Evaluation of the 84 Sites and Reconnaissance of the Islands and Cleveland Property, Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake, Savannah River, Georgia and South Carolina

Albert C. Goodyear, William Montieth, and Michael Harmon

Keywords: Excavations, Richard B. Russell Dam, Savannah River, Georgia, South Carolina, Archeology
An Archeological Reconnaissance Survey of the Haig Point, Webb, and Oak Ridge Tracts, Daufuskie Island, South Carolina

James L. Michie

Keywords: Excavations, Daufuskie Island, South Carolina, Archeology
Revealing Santa Elena 1982

Stanley South

Keywords: Excavations, Parris Island, Spanish Florida, Spaniards, Fort San Felipe, Santa Elena, Beaufort County, South Carolina, Archeology
Preliminary Archeological Investigations at the Callawassie Island Burial Mound (38BU19), Beaufort County, South Carolina

Mark J. Brooks, Larry Lepionka, Ted A. Rathbun, and John Goldsborough Jr.

Keywords: Excavations, Indians of North America, Burial Mounds, Callawassie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, Archeology
An Archeological Survey of the Kinley-Rawls Creek Alternative Revision: Saluda River Sewerline Segment

V. Ann Tippitt

Keywords: Excavations, Saluda River, Richland County, Lexington County, Columbia, South Carolina, Archeology