Archaeological Investigations at Yourhaney Plantation (38GE18)

100FEATURE 188 – POSTFeature 188 is a circular post measuring 0.6 feet in diameter and extending 0.4 feet into subsoil.The fill consisted of very dark brown (10YR2/2) loamy sand. The only artifact recovered was aquartz flake fragment. A late OCR date of 1903 was obtained for this feature.FEATURE 189 – HISTORIC PIT AND INTRUSIVE POSTFeature 189 is a squarish pit measuring 1.6 by 1.2 feet and extending 1.0 foot into subsoil. Asquare intrusive post measuring 0.6 by 0.4 feet was located on the edge. The main feature fillconsisted of very dark grayish brown (10YR2/2) loamy sand with clumps of yellowish red(5YR5/8) clay. The post contained very dark brown (10YR2/2) loamy sand. Prehistoric artifactsconsisted of two Mount Pleasant plain medium sand tempered sherds, three residual sherds, onequartzite flake fragment, and one sandstone abrader. Historic artifacts consisted of 15 fragmentsof brick (one intact example), eight cut nails, 17 cut nail fragments, four square shanked nails, onewire nail, one fragment of burnt cream colored ware, three pieces of plain white granite ware(1842 to the present), two fragments of an unidentified domestic stoneware, one piece of aquabottle glass, a metal lid fragment, three oyster shell fragments, four pieces of shoe leather, a smallProsser style porcelain button, three fragments of strap iron, and four unidentifiable metal objects.These artifacts strongly suggest that this feature is late 19 th to 20 th century in origin, given the latehistoric ceramics, wire nail, and shoe leather. An OCR date of 1884 was obtained for this feature.FEATURE 190 – DOUBLE PREHISTORIC POSTFeature 190 is a peanut shaped feature measuring 1.5 by 0.7 feet and extending 0.7 feet at itsmaximum depth below subsoil. The fill consisted of brown (10YR4/3 sand). Its configurationsuggests that it represents two posts. Artifacts consist of four Thoms Creek plain fine sand temperedsherds, one Mount Pleasant fabric impressed medium sand tempered sherd, two eroded decoratedmedium sand tempered sherds, and one rhyolite flake fragment. The absence of historic artifactssuggests that it is prehistoric in origin.FEATURE 191 – POSTFeature 191 is a square post measuring 0.8 by 0.8 feet and extending 0.3 feet into subsoil. Mostof the fill consisted of very dark grayish brown (10YR3/2) loamy sand, but the eastern third of thefeature contained brownish yellow (10YR6/8) loamy sand. No artifacts were recovered from thisfeature.FEATURE 193 –POSTFeature 193 is a circular post measuring 0.7 feet in diameter and extending 0.8 feet into subsoil.The fill contained very dark gray (10YR3/1) loamy sand. No artifacts were recovered from thisfeature.FEATURE 194 – HISTORIC POSTFeature 194 is an oval post measuring 0.8 by 0.5 feet in size and extending 0.3 feet into subsoil.The fill consisted of very dark grayish brown (10YR3/2) loamy sand.