Archaeological Investigations at Yourhaney Plantation (38GE18)

68FEATURE 30 – POSTFeature 30 is an oval post measuring 0.9 by 0.8 feet and extending 0.4 feet into the subsoil. Thefill consisted of brown (10YR4/3) loamy sand. Artfifacts consisted of three fine sand temperedplain ceramics, and one medium sand punctated ceramics, all which appear to be Thoms Creek.Despite the absence of historic artifacts, it may be that the feature is historic given its possibleassociation with other adjacent posts.FEATURE 31 – HISTORIC POSTFeature 31 is a rectangular post measuring 0.9 by 0.7 feet and extending 0.3 feet into the subsoil.The fill consisted of dark grayish brown (10YR4/2) loamy sand. Artifacts consisted of one finesand tempered eroded sherd and one corroded unidentifiable iron object.FEATURE 32 – HISTORIC POSTFeature 32 is a square post measuring 0.7 by 0.7 feet and extending 0.7 feet into the subsoil. Thefill consisted of brown (10YR4/3) loamy sand mottled with yellowish brown (10YR5/4) and lightyellowish brown (10YR6/4) loamy sand. Prehistoric artifacts consisted of three residual sherds,two plain sand tempered sherds, and one Mount Pleasant fabric impressed coarse sand temperedsherd. Historic artifacts consisted of one corroded unidentifiable iron object and one foot ringportion of a white salt glazed stoneware teacup.FEATURE 33 – HISTORIC POSTFeature 33 is a rectangular post measuring 0.5 by 0.4 feet in size and extending 0.5 feet into thesubsoil. The fill consisted of brown (10YR4/3) loamy sand. Artifacts consisted of an erodeddecorated medium sand tempered sherd and a wrought nail.FEATURE 34 – HISTORIC POSTFigure 34 is a square post measuring 0.6 by 0.6 feet in size and extending 0.5 feet into thesubsoil. The fill consisted of brown (10YR4/3) loamy sand mottled with yellowish brown(10YR5/4) loamy sand. Artifacts consisted of four plain fine to medium sand tempered sherds, twoeroded decorated medium sand tempered sherds, and one hand wrought nail.FEATURE 35 – HISTORIC POSTFeature 35 is a square post measuring 1.0 by 1.0 feet in size and extending 1.4 feet into thesubsoil. The fill consists of dark grayish brown (2.5Y4/2) loamy sand. Fragments of wood werefound in the fill. Artifacts consisted of one Thoms Creek incised fine sand tempered sherd, fiveplain fine to medium sand tempered sherds, two pieces of corroded unidentifiable iron, one pieceof plain delft (1700-1800), and one scalloped rim impressed curved green edgeware (1775-1800). These artifacts suggest a last quarter of the 18 th century date for this post. However, anOCR date of 1820 was obtained from this feature, while the mean ceramic date is 1769.