Global InformationPacolet Soapstone Quarries information
Archeological Site 38SP11, 38SP12, 38SP13, 38SP17, 38SP18, 38SP19, 38SP20, 38SP21, 38SP23, 38SP52, 38SP53, 38SP54, 38SP57 | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Nearest city | Pacolet, South Carolina |
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| Area | 3.7 acres (1.5 ha) |
| MPS | Pacolet Soapstone Quarries TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003699[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 10, 1980 |
Pacolet Soapstone Quarries encompasses 13 historic archaeological sites located near Pacolet, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was the site of soapstone procurement activities during the Late Archaic Period (3000 B.C. – 500 B.C.) for the purpose of creating vessels. The quarry sites are characterized by large outcropping boulders of soapstone surrounded by depressions and concentrations of soapstone debris.[2]
The sites were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Pacolet Soapstone Quarries TR