IS LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA THE SITE OF A "STONEHENGE" THAT IS MUCH OLDER THAN ENGLAND'S?... THE INDIAN HEAD IS REVEALED IN A LECTURE IN LEXINGTON

A LECTURE ON THE INDIAN HEAD HELD AT THE MAIN BRANCH OF THE LEXINGTON LIBRARY MERELY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE ON THIS SPECIAL AND ANCIENT PLACE BURIED DEEP IN LEXINGTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, U.S.A. BUT IT DID PROVIDE CONCRETE EVIDENCE OF THE ANCIENT MEETING SITE IN A VERY REAL AND PROVEN CONTEXT THAT IS SUPPORT BY AND CONNECTS TO OTHER ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH.

 "The Indian Head and Big Pond Branch sites are comparatively large multi-period archaeological sites of prehistoric and historic age situated in an unusually rich environmental setting spanning Paleoindian to Historic periods. These sites potentially provide an archaeological dialogue for relating the prehistoric Indian populations to those described historically in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. In addition, the 18th through 20th century occupations offer the opportunity to study Euro-American agrarian based life over a 200 plus year period. The remains of eighteenth and nineteenth century habitations are also present. There is a portion of the ancient Creek path that lies on the north region of these sites as a path/road from Charleston to points as far west as the Rio Grande.

The cultural remains found at these sites represent a considerable span of time and form a near complete sequence of occupation for thousands of years. The sites remain largely without disturbance and are parts of large tracts of land held by descendants of the 18th century land holders. This site is important to national, regional and southeastern prehistory and history."

Unlike Stonehenge, The Indian Head is not the site of a "megalithic cromlech" but that stands to reason considering that its age is potentially much greater... much, much, greater as in 10,000 years or more greater. While the specific site is relatively small and around a unique water feature, the larger region around The Indian Head reflects an inhabited region that was occupied by a people that are commonly referenced as "Clovis". The Topper site in Allendale County is currently the epicenter of a "clovis investigation" in South Carolina.

Michael Jeffcoat, forensic historian, gave a topical lecture that covered periods spanning the sites in Lexington and their inhabitants for over 10,000 years. 

In the lecture Jeffcoat proved that a "confederacy" of indigenous people from various tribes existed as late as the exploratory period and that The Indian Head was likely at the center of the region of the confederacy in South Carolina and also along an ancient "Creek Indian" path that ran from Charleston along the north side of the north fork of the Edisto River. The attached archaeological diagram/map by the University of Georgia demonstrates The Indian Head is indeed at almost the center of this "Clovis Variant" region. 

This is just "The Tip of the Iceberg", says Jeffcoat who with many others has pieced together this history