Ye Pleasant Mount: 1989 1990 Excavations - Open site which ...

a site was occupied, as discussed earlier. For this type of analysis, large quantities ofpipe
stems such as found at this site are necessary.
Clay pipes with spurs, or heels, a trait commonly found on pipes dating after the mideighteenth
century, were uncommon at Trader Point. Four pipe fragments retained the
following maker's marks: R T, T D, I W, and T o. The initials R T probably stands for
Robert Taylor, Robert Tippett, or Richard Taylor ofBath, while the other makers have not
been identified.
At New Ebenezer, T D type pipes were abundant in a 1750-1753 context, although
many of the New Ebenezer specimens had heel appendiges (Elliott and Elliott 1991). No R
T, TO, or I W type pipes were found at New Ebenezer, which suggest these types may
date to the first two decades ofthe eighteenth century. Several pipe fragments had molded
designs. Although some researchers place these raised-relief molded types around the
Revolutionary War period, similar types were found at New Ebenezer in a 1750s context
(Storey n.d.; Stone 1974:145-153; Elliott and Elliott 1991). Based on the age of other
artifact types at Trader Point, the examples from Mount Pleasant probably date prior to
1760.
Activities Artifacts
The activities artifact class comprised a minority of the artifacts recovered from Trader
Point--never more than 5 percent in any of the excavation levels. Various types of cut and
melted metal scrap are included in this category. Metals included iron, brass, pewter, and
lead. Other artifact types included polished hom and antler and bottle glass tools and
associated debitage. A lead weight, probably used for fishing, also is included in this class
(Figure 7a).
Bottle glass tools. Seven dark green bottle glass tools were recovered from Mount
Pleasant. Three examples are illustrated in Figure 28. All were made from fragments of
dark green wine bottles. These tools fall into two broad categories: scrapers and drinking
cups. The scrapers were found in various sizes and were worked both by bifacial and
unifacial retouch. These tools probably were used for woodworking or scraping skins.
Two cups made from wine bottles were found (Figure 28c). Both consisted of wine bottle
bases that had been carefully worked to remove all the sharp edges and unnecessary side
portions of the bottle. These two cups were found lying on the ground surface at a spring
downslope from Trader Point. All of the large fragments of wine bottle glass that were
found at Mount Pleasant had been modified for use as tools. Only the smallest fragments
were discarded unmodified. This suggests that the Yuchi considered glass a precious
commodity that was to be utilized fully. The tools were recovered from Levels 2 through
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