The settlement patterns associated with frontier regions reflect adaptations made by the intrusive society as a consequence of its position at the periphery of a larger world economic system. Within this system, the colony serves as a producer of raw commodities. Cross-cultural regularities in the process of colonization, together with ecological and production demands of the staple crops grown, have been used to generate archaeological criteria with regard to size and layout for several types of frontier settlements in colonial South Carolina. An examination of archaeological remains, revealed by sample excavations at the sites of four colonial period settlements, supports the expected patterning at the types of sites investigated and confirms the proposed relationship between settlement form and function.
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