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Table 2, Continued. Artifact Summary, Shovel Tests. Artifact Description Count Chert undiagnostic flake tools I Chert chipped debris 94 Quartz chipped debris -l TOTAL 361 The Indian Town The Indian town at Mount Pleasant measured 360 m x 200 m as defined by the presence ofhistoric Indian ceramics in shovel tests. It is irregular in shape, hugs the bluff line, and centers around two deep gullies, each containing natural springs. The combination of a majestic view, sources of pure drinking water, well-drained soils, and ready access to the Savannah River all combined to make this a choice site for human settlement The artifacts most commonly found in the town were Indian pottery, European tobacco pipe fragments and dark green wine bottle glass. Indian pottery found includes plain, incised, and notched applique jars, and plain and incised bowls. Both shell and sand tempered vessels were found, although sand tempering was more common. Many ofthese artifacts provide clues as to when this area was occupied. Clay tobacco pipes are an example of one type of time-sensitive artifact A method, developed by archaeologist J. C. Harrington, later modified by Lewis Binford and Kathleen Deagan, for dating clay pipe stems is useful for dating sites from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (Noel Hume 1985:299). A sample of 22 tobacco pipe sterns collected from the shovel tests yielded a pipe stem date of 1723 using the Binford method. Although this sample is small, it suggests that the age of the village post-dates the Yarnassee War (1719). By the end of the war, the Appalachicolas had left the region. The Yuchi were documented as living on this site in 1736, but they may have moved into the area shortly after the Yamassee left the region. We suspect that most ofthe village debris is associated with the Yuchi occupation. Trader Point (Area A) Trader Point is a narrow point ofland flanked by steep slopes on three sides. The most extensive excavations at Mount Pleasant have focused on this area. Work performed there is described in Chapter 4. This area was initially identified as an artifact-dense area when Shovel Test 103 cut through a rich eighteenth-eentury midden deposit. Trader Point 25
--- Area C Area D Level bluff top Mixed pines and hardwoods Leacnd • Positive shovel tests • Sterile ahovel tests • Cellar • • • • •
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Page 7 and 8: Acknowledgements The author is inde
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Page 12 and 13: Laboratory Methods All artifacts we
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581N SOOE 10 YR 5/4 Y.Uowish Brown
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10 YR S/3 Brown Sand 10 YR 3/1 Very
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Feature 1. Feature 1 was a circular
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x 28 cm north-south and it was 19 c
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own sand. The feature contained onl
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Table 13. Mean Ceramic Dale Calcula
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documented period (1735 to 1757) wh
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In Table 16, the Trader Point midde
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Period pottery. The paucity of Chat
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with it. Since we know that Schremp
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Table 19, Continued. Summary of Eur
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Table 19, Continued. Summary of Eur
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Hemperley, Marion 1974 English Crow
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Kelly, A. R. and R. S. Neitzel 1961
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Smith, Marvin T. 1990 Historic Peri
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Appendix I. Glass Beads from Mount
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value for comparative purposes, and
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There is no Kidd designation for th
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Ontario. Kidd, Kenneth E. 1979 Glas
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ZOOARCHAEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE M
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specimens that have been studied by
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The next largest taxon category by
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The domestic animals, pig, cow, chi
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Fort Michilimackinac fit well with
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REFERENCES CITED Anderson, Jay Alle
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Schmid, Elizabeth F. 1972 Atlas of
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Table 4. Species List, The Mt. Plea
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Table 7. Bone Measurements' (in mil
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Table 10. Element Distribution of M
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Table 12. Element Fusion Data, Mt.
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INTRODUCTION ZOOARCHAEOLOGICALANALY
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Mollusca A total of 46 fragments of
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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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