Authors: James Spirek, Christopher F. Amer, Joseph Beatty, Lynn Harris, Carleton Naylor
Source: Underwater Archaeology Division, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina
Date: 1999
From May 1997 to September 1998 the Underwater Archaeology Division of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of South Carolina implemented the Port Royal Sound Survey. The purpose of the project was to begin a comprehensive submerged cultural resource survey of Port Royal Sound, Beaufort County, South Carolina. Survey strategies for the first phase of the project included historical, archaeological, and geographical research, oral interviews, and field work to identify intertidal and underwater archaeological resources. During the course of an intertidal pedestrian visual survey 12 sites were documented to the state archaeological sites files, and more than 55 previously recorded sites were revisited. Newly documented intertidal cultural resources included the remains of abandoned watercraft and pilings for piers or wharves. Funds were also available to undertake a limited marine remote sensing survey of four areas in the sound. The aim of this document is to provide information to guide future intensive marine remote sensing survey operations and research efforts in the region.
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