Archaeological Investigations at Yourhaney Plantation (38GE18)

194Table 26. Features with Lesesne PotteryFeature # Date Range MCD24 1670-1820 175667 1700-1800 175093 1670-1795 173398 N/D N/D106 1670-1795 1733112 N/D N/D124 1670-1820 1749138 1740-1820 1770142 1740-1780 1760208 1670-1900 1791River BurnishedThe second most common low fired earthenware was River Burnished, which accounted for 32.8%of the collection. Of the 38 sherds, all but one were recovered from Feature 208, which containedceramic bracket dates of about 1760 to 1820. The MCD is 1791. The only other featurecontaining River Burnished pottery was Feature 246. Unfortunately, this sherd was the only artifactrecovered and therefore no temporal information is available. It is believed that most of thefragments of River Burnished ware from Feature 208 are from the same vessel. Twenty-two sherdsare very pale brown in color and are 5 to 6 mms thick. Most of the others are reddish yellow 5 to7 mms thick, with only one being very dark gray. The very dark gray sherd is 3 mm in thickness.Some clouding was found on a few examples. The only vessel form identified was that of a flatbottomed bowl.YaughanThe remaining category is the village ware referred to as Yaughan. It is possible that eachindividual plantation or neighborhood could have its own variety (Cooper and Steen 1998).While in general Yaughan wares are clearly their own type, future work may be able to find someindividual traits in specific collections. The Yauhannah Bluff assemblage contained 16 examples or16.8% of the collection. Features containing Yaughan wares were 67, 93, 124, 208, and 278.All of these features except 278 were listed in Table 26. Unfortunately, no datable ceramics wererecovered from Feature 278. The vessel fragments varied in color from very pale brown to verydark grayish brown. Thickness ranged from 4 to 13 mm. The only vessel form recognized in thiscollection was a jar in Feature 208.OtherOne example of a hand molded, unglazed low-fired earthenware that could not be placed in theprevious categories was identified (see Figure 49). The specimen was recovered from a surfacecontext and, unfortunately, could not be tied to a specific feature. The example is a rim sherd of alarge vessel. The lip is bulbous and, from what part of the vessel is available, it appears to flareslightly about 4 cms from the mouth. At its thickest it measures 2.2 cms and the thinnest portion is1.2 cms. The temper is medium to coarse sand and the surface is roughly smoothed.