History, Historical Archaeology, and Cultural Resource Management: A Case Study from Jasper County, South Carolina

Virgil Noble (1996) has noted a deficiency in historical archaeological research within the sphere of cultural resource management, attributable to inadequacies within regulatory agencies, resulting in trite methodological exercises. This thesis demonstrates that another problem can be found in the basic methodology of historical archaeology as translated into practice in compliance archaeology. A review of a data recovery project in Jasper County, South Carolina shows that the necessary relationship between the documentary and archaeological particulars, that are not well codified in the standards for archaeological investigations, led to the creation of a program of study that would likely lead to a flat minimalist study. As such, a more thorough understanding of a sites history and context is needed in order to structure a research design prior to field investigations, subsequent analyses, and interpretations to produce more relevant and meaningful studies.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Social Sciences (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis (open access)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Year dc:date.available

2008

Author dc:creator

• Sawyer, Angus Caldwell

Contributors dc:contributor

• Peggy Hargis
• Ronald Bailey

• ETD
• Historical archaeology
• Cultural resource management
• Plantation studies
• Compliance archaeology
• Jasper County
• Delta Plantation
• Archaeology and history

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/613

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-1613