Archaeological Investigations at Yourhaney Plantation (38GE18)

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT YOURHANEY PLANTATIONiiiACKNOWLEDGEMENTSNew South Associates has a number of people to thank for the success of this project. First, RickKanaski of US Fish and Wildlife Service oversaw the implementation of this project. Weappreciate his help in coming up with an appropriate data recovery plan and for being availableto address issues that arose during the course of the project. Many thanks to Craig Sasser, SabrinaClark, Gary Phillips, and Cooper Chavis of the USFWS Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge.They were invaluable at providing support in terms of access, local coordination, site security, andgeneral moral support. We appreciate their enthusiasm and interest. Todd Browning and CharlesBrown with Browning Construction did an excellent, careful job with the mechanical stripping andwe appreciate all their work.Local historian Deryl Young was invaluable to the project. He provided us with all of his historicalresearch on the Yauhannah Bluff tract and gave us a great education on local history. Hisinterpretations of where the fort was probably located and his changing ideas about the meaningof the documents were very enlightening. I appreciate the conversations we had, which allowedme to sort through my thoughts and align them with the site’s history. Thanks so much for the greatpoem/riddle “THE NORTHERN FACTORY”, which we’ve included in this document! We wouldalso like to thank Clifton Bryan of the Pawley’s Island Coastal Observer who took great interest inthe project and provided excellent press coverage on our work there. I appreciate the post-fieldconversations regarding the artifacts and interpretations. Bill Week and Susan McMillan, whoworked with Jim Michie during the early to mid 1990s at Yauhannah Bluff, visited the site and haveassisted in providing their points of view regarding Jim’s findings. I appreciate their interest in thesite and the archaeology of the South Carolina lowcountry.The field crew consisted of Scott Halvorsen, Joe Ivanowski, Paul Lewis, and Van Steen. They aregreat professionals and made each day in the field a joy. They were a great source of ideas forinterpreting features, alignments of posts, and feature associations. Also thanks to Amy Vest whodirected the lab work and who was often barraged with questions and requests. I appreciate herpatience. Thanks to Tom Quinn, Diana Valk, and Tracey Fedor for their help with graphics. Alsothanks to Rick Kanaski and Joe Joseph for reviewing this report.John Cable, Carl Steen, Chris Judge, Sean Taylor, Stanley South, Jason Smith, Martha Zierden,and Ron Anthony examined/identified artifacts in the project collection or allowed me to examineartifacts in their collections for comparison. I appreciate their help and interest in this project. Inparticular, I appreciate the time Bill Weeks, Carl Steen and Chris Judge spent with me discussinglate prehistoric and early historic Native American pottery. Ramona Grunden, Wayne Roberts, BillGreen, and Carl Steen lent me copies of reports they had of work that had been done atWachesaw Landing, Sandy Island, Pee Dee Town, and other nearby sites.Natalie P. Adams, Principal Investigator