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circular open-topped corrugated iron tank, and a pole for the support of a
floor over the cellar excavation. These have all been evaluated as
belonging to an occupation by the Cox family which I propose to distinguish
as the 'Cox' period, which was roughly contiguous with that of the last
Chinese residents. But in the absence of evidence for another well and a
second cellar it seems very probable that the underlying elements of the
Cox period date from a period of Chinese control.
At this site artefactual material was concentrated in two main areas, both
of which are downstream of the well site. As at Chinaman's Well some of
the most interesting came from quadrats removed from the main
concentrations. There is clear evidence of flooding, but little to indicate that
the provenance of artefacts has been directly affected by this. Whole, and
therefore buoyant containers would have been carried away completely,
and certainly apart from the one (crushed) opium tin no buoyant items
remained at the time of my evaluation. The flatter topography in the
vicinity, together with the presence of a gully to either side of the site has
probably led to a lesser degree of flood disturbance than at Cox's Well,
further upstream, which is described in the appendices.
Map 20 shows the relationship between site features in the vicinity of the
main artefact scatters. The map also shows the quadrats from which
artefacts were recovered, and the suggested location of various structures.
8.2.3 Spatial Distribution and General Nature of Artefacts
Artefacts were collected from 73 quadrats at Chinaman's Garden Well,
reflecting the greater concentration and quantity of artefacts here. As with
Chinaman's Well, quadrats containing single bottle glass fragments were
generally ignored, and no attempt was made to remove large ethnically
non-diagnostic items such as the windlass barrel (refer photograph 25) ,
barrel hoops, or a bed iron.
The survey origin selected at Chinaman's Garden Well is located south
west of the well excavation, and is marked by a wooden survey peg driven
wholly into the ground surface. It is unlikely to be dislodged by any
agencies known to impact upon the site. The cellar floor support at 013N
29.7E was selected as a permanent reference.
8.2.4 Identification of Structures and Activities
At Chinaman's Garden Well 50% of artefacts were comprised of glass,
23.6% were ferrous, 7.9% cuprous, and 6.1% red earthenware. Details of
this analysis are provided in appendix I.
Cuprous items were the tops, sides, bases and bands from opium tins,
one 'fun' tray and a complete opium tin. Numerically this class of artefacts
far exceeds those found at Chinaman's Well. A complete opium tin