Archaeological Investigations at Yourhaney Plantation (38GE18)

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT YOURHANEY PLANTATION91The fill consisted of very dark brown (10YR2/2) loamy sand. Artifacts consisted of four plain finesand tempered sherds, two square shanked nails, three fragments of lime mortar, one Nottinghamstoneware (1700-1810), one green edged pearlware (1780-1830), two fragments of oyster shell,and three pieces of unidentifiable corroded iron fragments. In addition, fragments of brick and/orfired clay were noted during excavation. An MCD of 1780 was obtained from the ceramics.However, the presence of green edged pearlware suggests a later, turn of the century, date oforigin for this feature. An OCR date of 1806 was obtained from this feature.FEATURE 129 – HISTORIC POSTFeature 129 is a square post measuring 0.8 by 0.8 feet and extending 0.5 feet into subsoil. Thefill consisted of very dark brown (10YR2/2) loamy sand. Like Feature 128, this appears to havereplaced an earlier square post that is 0.7 feet on one side (see Figure 36). Artifacts consisted ofone square shanked nail, three pieces of lime mortar, one piece of Whieldon ware (1740-1770),one piece of undecorated pearlware (1780-1830), one fragment of clear bottle glass, and onepiece of amber bottle glass. Also noted in this feature were bits of brick or fired clay. Thepearlware recovered from this feature suggest a turn of the century period of origin. The MCD is1780.FEATURE 130 – HISTORIC PIT WITH POSTFeature 130 is an amorphous pit measuring 1.6 by 1.5 feet and extending 0.1 feet into subsoil.Within this stain was a circular post about 0.4 feet in diameter and extending 0.6 feet into subsoil.Both were filled with very dark grayish brown (10YR3/2) loamy sand. The pit may simply be anarea where soil washed out from around a post. Artifacts consisted of one Thoms Creek incisedfine sand tempered sherd, four residual sherds, two brick fragments, one piece of white delft(1600-1800) and one piece of oyster shell. The delft indicates a probable 18 th century period oforigin for this feature.FEATURE 131 – HISTORIC POSTFeature 131 is a rectangular post measuring 0.7 by 0.5 feet and extending 0.1 feet into subsoil.The fill consists of very dark grayish brown (10YR3/2) loamy sand. One artifact, consisting of aStaffordshire (1670-1795) slipware sherd, was recovered from this feature.FEATURE 133 – PREHISTORIC PITFeature 133 is an oval stain measuring 2.6 by 2.2 feet and extending 1.9 feel into subsoil. The fillconsisted of very dark grayish brown (10YR3/2) loamy sand. Artifacts consisted of two ThomsCreek plain fine sand tempered sherds, four Woodland plain medium sand tempered sherds, oneThoms Creek incised medium sand tempered sherd, and one Mount Pleasant fabric impressedmedium sand tempered sherd.