View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Scholar Commons - Institutional Repository of the University of South Carolina University of South Carolina Scholar Commons Theses and Dissertations 1-1-2013 Congeries In the Backcountry James Andrew Stewart University of South Carolina - Columbia Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd Part of the Anthropology Commons Recommended Citation Stewart, J. A.(2013). Congeries In the Backcountry. (Master's thesis). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/2454 This Open Access Thesis is brought to you by Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Congeries in the Backcountry by James Andrew Stewart Bachelor of Arts University of South Carolina, 2007 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts in Anthropology College of Arts and Sciences University of South Carolina 2013 Accepted by: Charles Cobb, Director of Thesis Kenneth Kelly, Reader Erica Gibson, Reader Lacey Ford, Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies © Copyright by James Andrew Stewart, 2013 All Rights Reserved. ii Acknowledgements This project would not be complete without the contributions of a number of people. I extend very sincere thanks to Dr. Chester DePratter for suggesting this project and to the SCANA Corporation for allowing access to their property. Mr. Van Hoffman, Mike Dawson, and Sean Taylor were very helpful in securing permission to proceed. My mother, Annie Hinson, played a significant role in editing the early drafts of the manuscript.