Archaeological Evalution of 38JA175 on the Telfair Plantation Tract

"Brockington and Associates, Inc., undertook testing investigations at 38JA175 on the Telfair Plantation Tract in February 2005. We recommend site 38JA175 eligible for the NRHP. This work was undertaken in order to provide compliance with current state and federal regulations regarding the management of cultural resources in the coastal zone of South Carolina. Compliance is administered by the regulatory programs of the South Carolina Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management. If this site or the significant portions of the site cannot be preserved, development activities at this site will have an adverse effect on 38JA175. Site 38JA175 contains remains of a slave village (c.1830-1870) associated with Langdon Cheves’ historic Delta Plantation. Structural elements of homes and possibly outbuildings were uncovered through shovel testing, 50 by 50 cm exploratory unit testing, and larger unit and mechanical excavations. Artifact frequencies and types point to a domestic, as well as work related, habitation. Intact subsurface deposits warrant further excavations and research."