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Fickle forts on Windmill Point, exploratory archeology at Fort Johnson, South Carolina, by Stanley A. South

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Fickle forts on Windmill Point

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by Stanley A. South

Research manuscript series, number 81

exploratory archeology at Fort Johnson, South Carolina

"On May 21, 1973 a two week exploratory archeology project was begun on the site of Fort Johnson, an historic fort site located on the south side of Charleston Harbor, between Parrot Point Creek and James Island Creek. The project was a joint endeavor of the Institute of Archeology and Anthropology at the University of South Carolina, and the College of Charleston, as well as the Marine Resources Division of the South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department. The two latter agencies, planning building construction on their property at Fort Johnson, wanted to place the buildings where they would cause the least amount of damage to historical features that might lie beneath the surface of the ground on the site. The Institute of Archeology and Anthropology agreed to conduct exploratory archeology with the primary purpose of the project being an attempt to locate architectural features that could be related to one or more of the existing maps of Fort Johnson. This information would be of value not only in the immediate construction projects; it would also assure that areas of greatest historical and archeological importance be avoided on future construction projects. Also of concern was the recovery of data relating to the prehistoric occupation of the peninsula, as the Fort Johnson site offers ideal conditions for the recovery of such evidence of Indian occupation.... The present report presents the data recovered on the property of the College of Charleston relating to the goals of the exploratory project."--Introduction