SAM Site

National Register Listing

Street Address:

Address Restricted, Cayce, SC City Vicinity (Lexington County)

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817732010

Description and Narrative:

This site is important to local, regional and ultimately southeastern prehistory since it is the only known South Appalachian Mississippian site in the western Upper Congaree Valley in the form of a village. The dense nature of the refuse with midden staining is highly unusual for prehistoric sites in this locality. Such a site and its spatial association with fine agricultural soils represents a new settlement pattern for the central region of South Carolina, especially when it is compared to the site locations of previous Archaic and Woodland settlements. The culture-historic and ethno-historic position of the site is not only critical for understanding the late prehistoric period in this region but it potentially provides an archeological basis for relating the prehistoric Indian populations to those described historically in the 17th and 18th centuries. In addition, the 18th through 20th century occupations offer the opportunity to study European American man-land relationships as they evolved over 200 years of agrarian based life. Listed in the National Register December 6, 1978.

Period of Significance:

1750

Level of Significance:

National

Area of Significance:

Archeology: Historic - Aboriginal;Archeology: Prehistoric

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

December 6 1978

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