Fish Haul Archaeological Site

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Fish Haul Archaeological Site (38BU805)
Salt Marsh at Fish Haul Creek, Hilton Head Island.jpg
Salt Marsh at Fish Haul Archaeological Site
Nearest city Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Area33 acres (13 ha)
NRHP reference No. 88000976 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 30, 1988

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. [2] [3] 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.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Trinkley, Michael; Sherry Piland (December 28, 1987). "Fish Haul Archaeological Site (38BU805)" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  3. "Fish Haul Archaeological Site, Beaufort County (Address Restricted)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved December 7, 2012.