Fish Haul Archaeological Site Explained

Fish Haul Archaeological Site (38BU805)
Nearest City:Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Added:June 30, 1988
Refnum:88000976

The Fish Haul Archaeological Site, an "address restricted" site located in Beaufort County, South Carolina, is significant because of its archaeological remains from two different eras.[1] [2] The pre-historic findings, which date from 1800 to 1300 BC, offer evidence that small groups of people lived in the area. The historic component represents a freemen's village, Mitchelville, which was occupied during the transition between slavery and freedom by Sea Island blacks. The Fish Haul site represents the only known freedmen village established by occupying Union troops. The site was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 30, 1988.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trinkley . Michael . Sherry Piland . Fish Haul Archaeological Site (38BU805) . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . December 28, 1987 . 7 December 2012.
  2. Web site: Fish Haul Archaeological Site, Beaufort County (Address Restricted) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 7 December 2012.