Archaeological Investigations at Yourhaney Plantation (38GE18)

72Table 4. Artifacts recovered from Feature 50.Artifact Type Description Count CommentsPrehistoric Pottery grog tempered, fabric impressed 18 Hanover/Wilmington - same vesselfine sand, plain 2 Thoms Creekfine sand, eroded decorated 1fine sand, cord marked 1fine sand, jab and drag punctate 1 Thoms Creekmedium sand, plain 2medium sand, eroded decorated 1coarse sand, plain 1very coarse sand, plain 1Total 28Prehistoric Lithics rhyolite, thinning flake 2rhyolite, unidentified flake 4Total 6Historic Artifacts cut nails 8 post 1790annular cream colored ware 3 1790-1870Staffordshire 1 1670-1795trailed redware 1Jackfield 2 1740-1780panel bottle glass 1clear bottle glass 1olive green bottle glass 3UID iron 6Total 26FEATURE 53 – HISTORIC POSTFeature 53 is an oval post measuring 1.2 by 0.8 feet and extending 1.6 feet into the subsoil. Thefeature fill is a dark grayish brown (10YR3/2) loamy sand. Artifacts consist of three plain ThomsCreek fine sand tempered, two plain coarse sand tempered sherds, nine residual sherds, one chertthinning flake, two rhyolite flake fragments, one hand wrought nail, and one hand wrought nailfragment. The nails suggest an 18 th century origin for the feature.FEATURE 54 – HISTORIC POSTFeature 54 is an amorphous stain measuring 1.2 by 0.8 feet and extending 0.3 feet. The post isbelieved to intrude into an amorphous prehistoric stain, with the post measuring perhaps 0.7 feet indiameter. The fill consisted of dark grayish brown (10YR3/2) loamy sand. Artifacts consist of oneresidual prehistoric sherd, 33 grams of brick, and one piece of melted bottle glass.