A Summary of Archaeological Projects by the Diachronic Research Foundation

Jan. 1992 Archaeological Investigations at 38LX141, The Godley Site. For South Carolina Electric and Gas Co., Columbia SC.

Feb. 1992 Archaeological Survey in Eastern Horry County. For Horry County Government. Contact: County Manager Danny Knight.

Sept. 1992 Archaeological Monitoring and Documentation at 60 Hasell Street, Charleston, S.C. for Historic Charleston Foundation. Contact Jonathan Poston.

Oct.1992 Preliminary Excavations at Pine Grove Plantation, Berkeley County, S.C. for Historic Charleston Foundation and Medway Environmental Trust.

Dec. 1992 Archaeological Survey of the Pageland Mine site, Chesterfield County SC. For B.V. Hedrick Sand and Gravel, Laurinburg NC.

Oct. 1993 Archaeological Survey of Pottery Production Sites in Aiken and Edgefield Couties. Under a grant from the SC Department of Archives and History, Columbia, S.C., and private donors.

Feb. 1993 Preliminary Excavations at John de la Howe's Lethe Farm. Conducted under a grant from the South Carolina Humanities Council.

1994-1997 Operated the Old Edgefield Pottery Museum in partnership with the Edgefield Historical Society.

Feb.1994 A Cultural Resources Survey of Selected Timber Stands in Sumter National Forest, Edgefield and McCormick Counties, South Carolina. for the US Forest Service, Columbia S.C. Contact James Bates

June 1994 Mitigation Excavations at the Vereen Gardens Sites. For Horry County Government

Aug. 1994 Further Excavations at Pine Grove Plantation, Berkeley County, S.C. for Historic Charleston Foundation and Medway Environmental Trust.

Oct. 1994 Archaeological Survey of a portion of McLeod Plantation, James Island SC. for Historic Charleston Foundation

Nov. 1994 An Annotated Bibliography of Historic Sites Archaeology in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Conducted under a grant from the SC Department of Archives and History, Columbia, S.C.

Dec. 1994 Archaeological survey of a portion of the Penn Center, St. Helena Island. For the Lowcountry Council of Governments.

June 1995 The Somerset Restoration Excavations. For NC Department of Cultural Resources, Historic Sites Section, Raleigh, NC. Excavation of structure footprints for reconstruction.

August 1995 An Archaeological Survey of the Nature Conservancy’s Peachtree Rock Preserve. Conducted under a grant from the SC Department of Archives and History.

Sept. 1995 Archaeological Investigations at The Grove Plantation. For Tolson, Simpson Associates, Atlanta.

May 1996 Excavations at the Jammie Seay House, Spartanburg SC. For the Spartanburg Historical Society,

July 1996 Further Excavations at John de la Howe’s Lethe Farm. Conducted under a grant from the SC Dept. of Archives and History

Feb.1997 An Archaeological Survey of the Palmetto Trail’s Francis Marion National Forest Segments. For the US Forest Service.

Aug. 1997 Archaeological Survey, Evaluative Testing and Mitigation Excavations at the Bridgewater Tract in Eastern Horry County, S.C. For Mr. Louis Mandakunis, High Point, NC

Aug. 1997 Archaeological Survey at the site of the Proposed Clemson Office Facility. For SC Department of Natural Resources, Columbia, S.C..

Sept. 1997 Oral history, Photography, Historical and Archaeological Research at Sandy Island, Georgetown SC. For the Nature Conservancy, Columbia SC office.

Oct. 1997 Evaluative Testing and Mitigation Excavations at the Composite Office Building Site, Fort Johnson. For SC Department of Natural Resources, Ft. Johnson

June 1998 Survey of the Pee Dee Indian Town site in Marion County, SC. For South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Columbia, S.C.

Aug. 1998 Evaluative Testing and Mitigation Excavations at the Proposed Picnic Area Site, Fort Johnson. For SC Department of Natural Resources, Ft. Johnson. Contact Robbie Myers, Physical Plant Director.

Sept. 1998 Evaluative Testing and Mitigation Excavations at the Proposed Maintenance and Storage Building Site, Fort Johnson. For SC Department of Natural Resources, Ft. Johnson

Oct. 1998 Summary of Archaeological Resources of the Proposed Cooper River National Register District. For Historic Charleston Foundation, Charleston, S.C.

July 1999 Archaeological Survey and Evaluative Testing at the Woodcreek Farms Development, Richland County, SC. For Woodcreek Farms LLC, Columbia SC. Contact Edwin Cooper.

July 2000 Archaeological Survey, Evaluative Testing and Mitigation Excavations at the Heron Pond/Diamond Back Development, Horry County, S.C. for Heron Pond LLC, Conway, S.C.

Dec. 2000 Historical and Archaeological Investigations of the Duncan-DuPre’ House (38SP310) and Neighboring Areas in the proposed Renaissance Park, in Downtown Spartanburg, S.C. For Campbell, Meek and Associates (Contact Martin Meek), and the Spartanburg City Government (Contact Ed Memmot).

March 2001 Further Excavations at Somerset Place Plantation State Historic. For NC Department of Cultural Resources, Historic Sites Section, Raleigh, NC.

1998-2003 Intensive Survey, Evaluative Testing and Mitigation Excavations at the MEHRL Lease Tract, Fort Johnson. This was an long term project that lasted until 2003. For Craig, Gaulden and Davis, Engineers and Architects, Greenville, SC

2003-2006 Archaeological and Historical Research at Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, NC. Conducted as a subcontractor on existing contracts:

Evaluative Testing at Four Historic Sites on the Old Yadkin Road, and Silver Run, Fort Bragg, NC. Sub contracted from Palmetto Research Institute, Irmo SC.

Evaluative Testing at Five Historic Sites along Cabin Branch, Fort Bragg, NC. Subcontracted from TRC Garrow Associates, Durham NC. This is ultimately for the National Parks Service and the Fort Bragg Cultural Resources Center, Fort Bragg, NC

2005-2006 Archaeological survey of 1,419 acres in the Enoree District of Sumter National Forest, for the US Forest Service.

January 2007 Archaeological survey of 189 acres near Awendaw, SC for the Fenwick at Bulls Bay proposed development. For the Booth Group, Myrtle Beach, SC.

March 2007 Looking for Mr. Laurens' House. Excavations at Mepkin Plantation, Berkeley County, SC in an attempt to locate the foundation of Henry Laurens' house. For Mepkin Abbey

1997-2007 ONGOING Excavations at the Johannes Kolb Site, 38DA75. This is an ongoing research project in partnership with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Columbia, S.C.