Cultural Resource Identification Survey of the Angel Tract

"In December 2009, Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted a cultural resource identification survey (CRIS) of the 1,853-acre Angel Tract in Hampton County, South Carolina. The investigations were conducted for Angel Tract, LLC. This survey was requested in compliance with the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the South Carolina Department of Commerce (SCDOC) and the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (SCSHPO) regarding the implementation of guidelines for CRISs conducted for the South Carolina Site Certification Program. The purpose of the SCDOC Site Certification Program is to identify and clarify issues pertaining to the development of a specific commercial or industrial site. This report presents initial information regarding cultural resources that may be affected by potential development of the Angel Tract Certification Site, as well as recommendations for possible additional cultural resource survey investigations of the Angel Tract.
The CRIS of the Angel Tract included background research and archaeological survey. There are no structures within or adjacent to the tract; therefore, an architectural survey was not necessary.
Investigators identified six sites (38HA1097–38HA1102) and three isolated finds (Isolates 1–3) during the CRIS of the Angel Tract. We recommend sites 38HA1097, 38HA1101, and 38HA1102 and Isolates 1–3 not eligible for the NRHP. No further management consideration of sites 38HA1097, 38HA1101, and 38HA1102 and the isolated finds is warranted. We recommend sites 38HA1098, 38HA1099, and 38HA1100 potentially eligible for the NRHP. If sites 38HA1098, 38HA1099, and 38HA1100 cannot be preserved in place, we recommend that evaluative testing be conducted to determine definitively the NRHP eligibility of each site.
One of the purposes of the CRIS, as detailed in the MOU, is to provide recommendations for possible additional cultural resource survey investigations of the Certification Site. As detailed in Chapter 3, we base our recommendations for possible additional cultural resource survey investigations of the Angel Tract on research conducted prior to our field investigations, coupled with observations of each of our survey areas of the Angel Tract during our initial field investigations. Approximately 1,099 acres of the Angel Tract possess a high potential to contain cultural resources. Transects in the high-potential areas should be spaced at 30-meter intervals, with shovel tests excavated at 30-meter intervals along each transect. Approximately 468 acres of the Angel Tract possess a low potential to contain cultural resources. ..."