Archeological Site 38CK44

National Register Listing

Street Address:

Address Restricted (Cherokee County)

Alternate Name:

Locus 1

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817711005

Description and Narrative:

The soapstone quarries located in Spartanburg and Cherokee counties are distinct, well preserved examples of a once numerous, but now rapidly vanishing, specialized procurement site. Here occurs an extensive zone of soapstone deposits from which, primarily during the prehistoric, Late Archaic Period (3000 BC – 500 BC), soapstone was procured. The narrow zone of lenticular soapstone deposits is approximately 8 km. in length. Soapstone Quarry Site 38CK44 consists of a moderate sized cluster of boulders exhibiting signs of quarrying activity. The cluster is located along the crest of a southwestwardly sloping ridge. Listed in the National Register December 10, 1980.

Level of Significance:

National

Area of Significance:

Archeology: Prehistoric

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

December 10 1980

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