Intensive Archaeological Survey of Selected Portions of the Charleston Naval Weapons Station Berkeley County, South Carolina
Creators: name: Bailey, Ralph
name: Baluha, David S.
name: Poplin, Eric C.
Publisher: name: Brockington and Associates, Inc.
Year: 2002
Subjects: Charleston, SC
Naval Weapons Station Charleston
South Carolina (State / Territory)
18th Century
19th Century
20th Century
Ceramic Period
Woodland
Middle Woodland
Late Woodland
Mississippian
Archaic
Historic
Late Archaic
38BK1836
38BK1832
38BK1841
38BK1840
38BK1845
38BK1844
38BK1849
38BK1846
38BK1833
38BK1831
38BK1835
38BK1834
38BK1838
38BK1837
38BK1706
38BK1842
38BK1839
38BK1708
38BK1847
38BK1843
38BK1848
Liberty Hall Plantation
Melgrove Plantation
Prioleau Plantation
38BK1866
38BK1714
38BK1867
Cemetery
House
Archaeological Feature
Artifact Scatter
Brickyard
Plantation
Midden
Ceramic
Chipped Stone
Fauna
Glass
Metal
Historic Background Research
Data Recovery / Excavation
Reconnaissance / Survey
Heritage Management
Site Evaluation / Testing
Systematic Survey

description: Brockington and Associates, Inc. conducted an intensive archaeological survey of 1,801.2 hectares of the Charleston Naval Weapons Station (CNWS) in April 1999 - July 2000. Approximately 1,156 hectares of the CNWS remain to be surveyed when the present surveyed lands are combined with lands examined during previous investigations (1,123.6 hectares) and lands that are developed or disturbed (1,413.4 hectares). Examination of these lands should follow procedures outlined by Whitley (2001) and employed during the present survey. Archaeologists identified or revisited 24 archaeological sites and 38 isolated finds during the present investigations. The identified sites and isolated finds include portions of four eighteenth-twentieth century plantation settlements (Liberty Hall, Melgrove, and Prioleau's- including several brick kilns, and one undetermined), scattered late nineteenth- early twentieth century occupations, and Pre-Contact Native American camps and activity areas from the Ceramic Late Archaic through the Late Mississippian periods. The identified components are similar to those encountered by previous investigations at the CNWS. One of the sites (38BK1706) is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). We recommend 10 of the 24 sites (38BKI708, 38BK1714, 38BK1832, 38BK1836, 38BK1840, 38BK1841, 38BK1844, 38BK1845, 38BK1846, and 38BK1849) potentially eligible for the NRHP. We recommend the remaining 13 sites (38BKI831, 38BK1833, 38BK1834, 38BK1835, 38BK1837, 38BK1838, 38BK1839, 38BK1842, 38BK1843, 38BK1847, 38BK1848, 38BK1866, and 38BK1867) and 38 isolated finds not eligible for the NRHP. NRHP eligible site 38BK1706 should be protected from ground disturbing activities and nominated to the NRHP as per Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (as amended). The 10 NRHP potentially eligible sites should be protected from ground disturbing activities until their NRHP status has been determined through additional testing. The 13 sites and 38 isolated finds recommended not eligible for the NRHP require no further management consideration other than documentation of their locations in the event that activities on CNWS encounter artifacts near these locales. Included in the appendix is the 2001 report, "Archaeological Probabilistic Modeling of the Charleston Naval Weapons Station, Berkeley and Charleston Counties, South Carolina," by Thomas G. Whitley.