South Carolina Site Form



SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
SITE INVENTORY RECORD
(68-1 Rev. 85)

STATE: _________ COUNTY: ____________________ SITE NUMBER: _________________
Recorded By: ___________________ Affiliation: _____________ Date: ____________________

A. GENERAL INFORMATION
1.Site name:_________________________ Project: _________________________________
2. USGS Quadrangle:__________________ Date:__________Scale: 7.5 or 15 minute (circle one)
3. UTM: Zone_________Easting____________________ Northing _______________________
4. Other map reference: ________________________________________________________
5. Descriptive site type (see handbook):
Prehistoric________________________ Historic ___________________________________
6. Archaeological investigation (circle): Survey Testing Excavation
7. Property owner: __________________________________ Phone number: ____________
8. Address: ___________________________________________________________________
9. Other site designations: _______________________________________________________ 
10.    National Register of Historic Places status (circle one):
               Potentially          Probably            Additional 
                  eligible             not eligible        work
---------------------------Office Use Only-------------------------------
Determined eligible     Determined not eligible         Date___________	
	On NRHP              Date___________ 
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11. Level of significance (circle): National State Local
12. Justification: ___________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________

B. ENVIRONMENT AND LOCATION
1. General physiographic province (circle):
Lower Coastal Plain Middle Coastal Plain Upper Coastal Plain
Piedmont Blue Ridge Mountains
2. Landform location:________________ Site elevation (above MSL):_____________(in feet)
3.On site soil type:_________________ Soil classification:_____________________
4.Major river system (circle): Pee Dee | Santee | Ashley-Combahee-Edisto | Savannah
5.Nearest river/stream: _________________________________________________ 

6.Current vegetation (circle): Pine/coniferous 	 Hardwood       
	     Mixed pine/hardwood         Old field       Grass/pasture  
        Agricultural/crops      Wetlands/freshwater 	Wetlands/saltwater      
	 Other           Comments: ___________________
7. Description of groundcover (circle): Absent | Light | Moderate | Heavy

C. SITE CHARACTERISTICS
1. Estimated site dimensions: _____________meters by _____________meters
2. Site depth: __________________cm.
3. Cultural features (type and number): ________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________
4. Presence of (circle): midden floral remains | faunal remains | shell | charcoal
5. Human skeletal remains (circle): present | absent
preservation (circle): good | bad
6. General site description: ______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________
(Use in conjunction with handbook)

Site Map
Scale
The following information should be provided on the site map: site boundaries, nearby topographic features, associated streams, modern cultural features, different land use types in site area, collection loci, test excavation loci, archaeological features and means of access (include north arrow and scale).
Site Number _____________________

MAP KEY:______________________ Verbal description of location: ____________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________

D. ARCHAEOLOGICAL COMPONENTS 

   _____Paleo Indian    _____Middle Woodland    _____17th Century
   _____Early Archaic   ____Late Woodland       _____18th Century
   _____Middle Archaic  ____Mississippian       _____19th Century
   _____Late Archaic    ____Unknown prehistoric _____20th Century
   _____Early Woodland  ____16th Century        _____Unknown historic

E. DATA RECOVERED 

List materials recovered:               Total number of artifacts:  _________
________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________
(Attach additional artifact inventory sheets if needed)

F. DATA RECOVERY METHODS
1. Ground surface visibility (circle one): 0% | 1-25% | 26-50% | 51-75% | 76-100%
2. Number of person hours spent collecting (total hours X total people): ____________
3. Description of surface collection methods (circle):

     Type:  grid collection            Extent:   complete
                 grab collection                 selective
                 controlled sampling             no collection made
                 other (specify):_______________________________________

4. Description of testing methods (circle):
   Systematic     Type  _________      Test units:
   Nonsystematic                    Number     Size/max. depth
                                    ______   _____________cm.
                                    ______   _____________ cm.
                                    ______   _____________  cm.
5. Description of excavation units:
	Number	Size/max. depth 	 Comments: ____________________
	_______	_____________	cm.	_______________________________
	_______	_____________	cm.	_______________________________
	_______	_____________	cm.	_______________________________
	_______	_____________	cm.	_______________________________

G. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
1. Present land use (circle):

            Agricultural                Residential, high density
            Forest                      Commercial
            Fallow                      Industrial
            Residential, low density    Other (specify)______________________ 
2. Present condition/integrity of site (circle)     
                                 _                   _
  Intact    Damaged   Extent    | light    Nature   | erosion
                         of---->| moderate   of---->| cultivation
                        damage  |_heavy    damage   | logging
                                                    | construction/development
                                                    | vandalism
                                                    | inundation
                                                    |_other (specify) __________
                                                                __________________
3. Potential impacts and threats to site (circle):
   Potential threat:   Nature of threat:
        none                  erosion
        low                   cultivation	  _
        moderate              logging            | direct impact zone
        high                  construction/      | indirect impact zone
                              development------->| outside impact zone
                              vandalism          |_indeterminate
                              inundation
                              other (specify)  _______________________
                              ________________________________________

4. Recommendations for further work (circle): survey | testing | excavation | archival | none |
other: ________________________________________________________________
Comments: ________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
5.References (circle): Historic/archival documentation Yes | No | Not Known
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Archaeological documentation Yes | No | Not Known
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
6. Additional management information/comments:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
7. Location of existing collections:
________________________________________________________________________
8. Location of photographs:
________________________________________________________________________
9. Location of special samples:
________________________________________________________________________
Type of special samples: ______________________________________________


Signature of observer: ________________________ Date:___________

Subsequent visits:
Observer ______________________________________ Date: __________
Observer ______________________________________ Date: __________
Observer ______________________________________ Date: __________



If you have any questions,contact:
Keith Derting, Site File Manager (803) 777-8170




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