Data Recovery Excavations at Wood Pottery (38AK493/931) Aiken County, South Carolina

"Between May 23 and June 3, 2005, Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted archaeological data recovery investigations at the Wood Pottery locus of site 38AK493/931 (Federal Aid Number: STP-UR02 [008], State File Number: 2.156B, PIN 30611) in Aiken County, South Carolina. These investigations were carried out under the Treatment Plan approved by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT), and the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) in fulfillment of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) among these parties. The two-part mitigation plan approved for 38AK493/931included (1) interpreting and presenting historical information related to the Thirteenth Street Industrial Complex in a series of weatherproof signs placed along the nearby greenway trail, and (2) undertaking data recovery excavations at the Wood Pottery Company kiln locality."