From the Savannah to the Santee River

Chapter 13 examines the evidence for Early Archaic use and settlement of the inter-riverine zone between the Savannah and the Santee Rivers, both of which are the major alluvial rivers on southern Coastal Plain of South Carolina. Heretofore little work has been done in this zone. Several large, private collections, forming a transect, are analyzed for diagnostic hafted bifaces – or various stone tools – including their raw materials. The entire Early Archaic tool kit is found in this zone, though with relatively low density sites. Based on raw material sources, a considerable going back and forth between these major rivers is indicated.