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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

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  "The Best Ever Occupied...": Archaeological Investigations of a Civil War Encampment on Folly Island, South Carolina

  James B. Legg and Steven D. Smith

  In May of 1987, the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology was informed that human remains were being unearthed by road construction in a private residential development on Folly Island, South Carolina. This information led to a two year investigation of the 1863 winter camp of the Federal Army, used during its siege of Charleston. During the investigations a black military cemetery was salvaged (site 38CH920), and three areas of the Federal camp were examined as part of a data recovery project, and a later research effort (sites 38CH964, 38CH965, 38CH966). All of the sites were recommended as eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. This report presents the results of all archaeological and historical investigations of the winter camp conducted from May 1987 to May 1989. The cemetery contained the remains of at least 19 black soldiers, most likely from the 55th Massachusetts, 1st North Carolina Colored Infantry, and the 2nd U.S. Colored Infantry. The material culture from the camp sites represented refuse of several possible Federal military units, deposited in latrines, wells, and trash pits. In addition to the archaeological analysis, a detailed historical overview is presented.

  Keywords: Excavations, Cemeteries, Civil War, Union army, African Americans, Folly Island, South Carolina, Archeology

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  Santa Elena: A Brief History of the Colony, 1566-1587

  Eugene Lyon

  Keywords: Excavations, Spaniards, Spanish Florida, Santa Elena, South Carolina, Archeology

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  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

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  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

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  Revealing Santa Elena 1982

  Stanley South

  Keywords: Excavations, Parris Island, Spanish Florida, Spaniards, Fort San Felipe, Santa Elena, Beaufort County, South Carolina, Archeology

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  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