Ok, so I just had a brief hick-up as it is now discovered that the new owner and permit requestor is not Hanson Aggregates but a company named Buckhorn, LLC but that cloud has passed without event...

Here is the a copy of the e-mail that the Archaeologist from the South Carolina Department of Archives and History sent to the South Carolina Department of Health-Mining:

Marianna,

I just received a couple of emails concerning a very important/significant sounding site that I believe may be within the permit area for the Lynches River Quarry Mine. I reviewed the permit application back in November, with a letter to you dated November 28, 2005, where I recommended survey of the property.

I note that we have received a cultural resources survey report (1/12/06) from Brockington and Associates. In quickly looking at that report, they found no sites, but this information newly received indicates that there IS site within the tract. I urge you to work with the applicant and their consultant to use the information I am providing and revisit the area to try to locate this site. I imagine the informant would be happy to help in whatever way he can.

See the rough site location on the map (link below). I will also forward another email thread to you that has a lot more information about the site, though the thread is somewhat hard to follow. Bottom line, though, is that this seems to be a Paleoindian site (amongst the earliest known inhabitants in North America) in an area that may have largely avoided disturbance. It could be a real jewel of a site. Please do what you can to follow up on this and make sure this project area is surveyed.

Would you like for me to follow this with a formal letter, or will this suffice for now? I wanted to let eveyone know as soon as possible about this new information. Thanks very much and call if you have questions.

Valerie Marcil

Staff Archaeologist and Lowcountry Regional Representative

South Carolina Department of Archives and History

8301 Parklane Road

Columbia, SC 29223

Phone (803) 896-6173

Fax (803) 896-6167