Manning Archeological Site

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Manning Archeological Site
Nearest city Cayce, South Carolina
Area46 acres (19 ha)
Built1750 (1750)
NRHP reference No. 78002522 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 14, 1978

Manning Archeological Site is a historic archaeological site located near Cayce, Lexington County, South Carolina. The site contains evidence of prehistoric Indian occupation beginning with the Paleo-Indian (9,500 BC) period though the historic Indians of the 1700s. [2] [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Albert C. Goodyear (August 1978). "Manning Archeological Site" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
  3. "Manning Archaeological Site, Lexington County (Address Restricted)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 22, 2014.