Archaeological Investigations at Yourhaney Plantation (38GE18)

38Oxidized Carbon Ratio (OCR) dates can also provide information on the date offeatures.oooooooooooooIf early 18 th century features are found, do they contain Native American potteryand other artifacts that can be dated to the early historic period? OCR dates willalso assist in determining the age of the remains. What do the pottery and lithictools look like? How similar or different is it from pottery and tools known to dateto the Late Woodland and Mississippian Periods?What do the remains associated with the trading post say about the economic andsocial relationship of the white settlers and the Native American population?Are there structural features associated with a trading post or with the plantation?What were the functions of those structures?What do faunal and ethnobotanical remains indicate about the diet of the siteinhabitants?What do the artifacts and features indicate about the socio-economic status ofthose people who occupied the site?Using recent ideas put forth by Joseph (2004) about colonoware, who made thesewares, when, and for what purpose?Questions related to the prehistoric use of this portion of the site consist of:What components are represented?Are there datable features associated with these components?Are there ethnobotanical and faunal remains associated with these components?What do they reveal about diet?Can the artifacts provide information on lithic raw material preference and tooltechnology through time?How do the late prehistoric ceramics compare with ceramics believed to beassociated with historic Native Americans?What do the location of temporally associated features indicate about intrasitespatial organization?While it was recognized that the data to address these questions might be unavailable, thefieldwork was approached in a way to gather this data, if present.