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date of 1723 based on the tobacco pipe stem date, and a tenninus post quem of 1720 based on European ceramics for most ofthe town. We know from Baron Von Reck (lIvidt 1980) that the town was occupied by Yuchi in 1735, but by the mid 1740s there are indications that the site had been abandoned. British traders are associated with the site by 1739, and possibly earlier. The abandonment of the town did not mean that Indians completely abandoned the site. Fons and trading posts were notorious for satellite settlements ofIndians. The Indians may have served as a labor source, or they may have settled nearby simply to have better access to trade goods. The traders often left for extended periods to gather pelts in exchange for trade goods. Once a large quantity ofpelts had been amassed they were taken to Charleston for sale. This exchange probably followed a seasonal cycle, and the Indian presence at Mount Pleasant also may have been seasonal. The Indian presence may have continued throughout the British trader and ranger garrison eras. During this period the Indians continued to produce pottery. They also scavenged bottles, and other useful items, for their use. A large pan of the artifact diversity observed at Trader Point may result from the British trader and ranger components. We suspect that Trader Point contains the actual Mount Pleasant fon, and it probably was settled by traders prior to the construction of the fon. Euro-American trade items found at Mount Pleasant can be compared with artifacts from three contemporaneous areas in the Savannah River valley. Reported artifacts from the Cherokee lower towns (fugalo, Estatoe, Chauga, & Chattooga), the Rae's Creek Site near Augusta, and Pallachacolas Town near Mount Pleasant are compared with the Mount Pleasant site in Table 19. Table 19. Summary of Euro-American Artifacts found at Other Historic Indian Settlements in the Savannah River Valley. KITCHEN GROUP Cherokee Raes Ck. Pallachacolas Mt. Pleasant European ceramics x x x x Chinese porcelain x x boltle glass x x x x table glassware x iron butcher knives x x iron forks x pewler spoons x 107
Table 19, Continued. Summary of Euro-American Artifacts found at Other Historic Indian Settlements in the Savannah River Valley. KITCHEN GROUP Cherokee Raes Ck. Pallachacolas Mt. Pleasant brass kettle parts x x x x iron pot parts x ARCHITECTURE GROUP wrought iron nails x x x x iron hinges x iron lock parts x TOBACCO PIPES kaolin tobacco pipes x x x x ARMS GROUP iron axes x iron knives x x x brass anowhead x stone ttiangular arrowhead x Bottle glass arrowhead x lead bullets x x x x lead sprue x x Gun hardware sights x sideplates x x buttplates x x trigger gll8lds x x ramrod x x bullet worm x hammer x top jaw and screw x trigger x barrel x x frizzen x lockplate x Gunflints (Indian-made) x x Gunflints (English spall type) x x x x Gunflints (French blade) x x CLOTHING GROUP iron scissors x x 108
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Ye Pleasant Mount: 1989 & 1990 Exca
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Chapter 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Table of
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Figure List ofFigures, continued 31
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Acknowledgements The author is inde
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is not known, it may have been sett
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Laboratory Methods All artifacts we
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Chapter 2. History of Mount Pleasan
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visited by Bartram was located in 1
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Ebenezer, he purposed to quit the w
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Uchee Creek in Columbia County, wit
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was: "supplying some Creek Indians
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He [Oglethorpe] stationed small gar
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Thomas Wiggin was dead by 1756, and
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continued to live near Mount Pleasa
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Table 2, Continued. Artifact Summar
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Table 3. Area C, Test Unit Summary.
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Chapter 4. Excavations at Trader Po
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Table 4. Artifact Summary, Midden,
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Figure 11. Pewter .p001l8 ad iron k
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Table 6. Ceramic Summary, Midden, c
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Tobie 7. Ceramic SU111DUIIY. FeaIUr
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Table 8. Minimum Vessel Estimate, N
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y the addition of a notched/pinched
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Page 115 and 116: Table 19, Continued. Summary of Eur
Page 119 and 120: Hemperley, Marion 1974 English Crow
Page 121 and 122: Kelly, A. R. and R. S. Neitzel 1961
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Page 125 and 126: Appendix I. Glass Beads from Mount
Page 127 and 128: value for comparative purposes, and
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Page 133 and 134: ZOOARCHAEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE M
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Page 140 and 141: The domestic animals, pig, cow, chi
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Page 144 and 145: REFERENCES CITED Anderson, Jay Alle
Page 146 and 147: Schmid, Elizabeth F. 1972 Atlas of
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Page 156 and 157: Table 12. Element Fusion Data, Mt.
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These data allow us to draw some co
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Analysis of butchering patterns on
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REI ...ERENCES Aldrich, Paul I. (ed
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Table 3. Fauna from Mt. Pleasant, F
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