Address Restricted, Pacolet, South Carolina. County/parish: Spartanburg.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 10, 1980. NRIS 80003699.
Part of Pacolet Soapstone Quarries TR (NRIS 64000786).
1 contributing site.Also known as:
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.
The sites were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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