Authors: James L. Michie
Source: The South Carolina Institute of Archeology and Anthropology - University of South Carolina
Date: 1980
Perhaps the areamost recognized for its antiquity, historic: ‘and prehistoric, is Port Royal Sound and the BroadRiver located immediately south ofBeaufort. The regionhas yielded considerable evidence for Europeanhabitationof French, English, and Spanish during the sixteenth Century, and a,greatdeal of information concerning aboriginal occupations which are known to represent a considerable span of time. Beyond the European settlementswhich are generally characterizedby fortifications, the aboriginal habitations represent shellmiddens of various tirr~ periods, in addition to a diverse inventory of ceramics and lithics, all ofwhich forman unbroken sequence of time.
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