Dataw Island History

THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DATAW ISLAND

ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE SAMS PLANTATION COMPLEX

This report documents architectural and archaeological data recovery that has been conducted at five historic archaeological sites on Dataw Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina. The investigations reported herein were undertaken over a 10 year period; initial investigations commenced in 1983. The bulk of the archaeological field work was completed by Dr. Larry Lepionka in a mammoth episode of excavation at four of the five sites in question.

This section 2 contains three chapters:

  • Chapter IV – SITE 38BU581- THE BB SAMS PLANTATION COMPLEX
  • Chapter V – THE B.B. SAMS PLANTATION SLAVE SETTLEMENTS
  • Chapter VI – L.R. SAMS PLANTATION SLAVE RESIDENCE (38BU515)
1993- HISTORICAL-DEVELOPMENT-of-DATAW-ISLAND-Section-2-of-4-by-Brockington-for-ALCOA

 

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