Archeological Data Recovery at Sites 38SU45, 38SU133, and 38SU145, with Results of Test Excavations Conducted at Sites 38SU136, 38SU137, and 38SU141, Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Sumter County, South Carolina

摘要

This report presents the results of the archeological testing of sites 38SUl36, 38SUl37, and 38SUl41; and of data recovery conducted at sites 38SU45, 38SUl33, and 38SU145, otherwise known as the Blackwater Pond Site Cluster. The sites are located in the Coastal Plain province near the northwestern edge of Big Bay, one of the largest Carolina bays in South Carolina. Situated 5O km east of the Fall Line and within the Wateree River-to- Big Bay sand sheet these sites offer important new information on a range of problem domains, including geomorphic setting, chronology, settlement patterns, site structure, and social organization.