Archaeological Investigations at Yourhaney Plantation (38GE18)

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT YOURHANEY PLANTATION117FEATURE 275 – HISTORIC POSTFeature 275 is an amorphous to round post measuring 2.7 by 2.4 feet and extending 0.4 feet intosubsoil. The post appeared burnt and contained black (10YR2/1) loamy sand in the centralportion (about 1 foot in diameter) with very dark grayish brown (2.5Y3/2) loamy sand along theperimeter. Artifacts consisted of six pieces of lime mortar, eight medium sand tempered MountPleasant fabric impressed sherds, five Thoms Creek plain fine sand tempered sherds, and one pieceof petrified wood.FEATURE 278 – HISTORIC POSTFeature 278 is a circular post measuring 0.9 by 0.8 feet and extending 1.1 feet into the subsoil.The fill consists of very dark grayish brown (10YR3/1) loamy sand. Artifacts consist of one pieceof lime mortar, four Yaughan colonoware sherds, and one plain fine sand tempered prehistoricsherd.FEATURE 279 – HISTORIC POSTFeature 279 is a square post measuring 0.8 by 0.7 feet and extending 0.4 feet into subsoil. Thefill consists of brown (7.5 YR4/3) loamy sand. Artifacts consisted of one Staffordshire slipware(1670-1795), four plain Wilmington/Hanover grog tempered sherds, three plain Mount Pleasantmedium sand tempered sherds, and three residual sherds.FEATURE 284 – HISTORIC TRENCHFeature 284 is an irregular trench shaped feature about 3.2 feet long and 0.9 feet wide andextending 0.4 feet into the subsoil. The fill consisted of brown (10YR4/3) loamy sand. Artifactsconsisted of 12 pieces of handmade brick, 13 pieces of lime mortar, one square shanked nail,one undecorated creamware (1762-1820), and eight fragments of animal bone. No posts werefound at the base of the feature. However, two historic posts (Features 194 and 201) are in closeproximity and may be related.FEATURE 285 – HISTORIC POSTFeature 285 is a square post measuring 0.8 by 0.8 feet and extending 0.4 feet into the subsoil.The fill consists of very dark brown (10YR2/2) loamy sand. Although no artifacts were recovered,it intrudes into Feature 24, which is a large rectangular historic pit.FEATURE 286 – HISTORIC POSTFeature 286 is a square post measuring 0.6 by 0.6 feet and extending 0.8 feet into subsoil. Thefill consists of very dark brown (10YR2/2) loamy sand. One hand wrought nail, two pieces ofanimal bone, and three residual prehistoric sherds were recovered. This post intrudes into Feature24, which is a large rectangular historic pit.