Archaeological Investigations at Yourhaney Plantation (38GE18)

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT YOURHANEY PLANTATION75FEATURE 62 – HISTORIC POSTFeature 62 is a squarish post measuring 1.0 by 0.6 feet and extending 0.5 feet into the subsoil.The fill consists of brown (10YR4/3) loamy sand. Artifacts consist of one rhyolite interior flake, sixThoms Creek plain fine sand tempered sherds, one Mount Pleasant plain medium sand temperedsherd, one Refuge dentate stamped medium sand tempered sherd, four residual sherds, and oneball clay pipe bowl fragment.FEATURE 64 –HISTORIC POSTFeature 64 is an oval post measuring 1.1 by 1.2 feet and extending 1.0 feet into the subsoil. Thefill consists of dark grayish brown (10YR3/2) loamy sand. Artifacts consist of two Thoms Creekplain medium sand tempered sherd, and 12 residual sherds. This feature intrudes into Feature 67,which is historic.FEATURE 66 – HISTORIC TRENCHFeature 66 is a linear stain measuring 5.2 by 0.6 feet in size and extending 0.3 feet into thesubsoil. The fill consists of very dark grayish brown (2.5Y3/2) loamy sand. There is a mottledarea to the east of it containing some light olive brown (2.5Y5/4) loamy sand. Artifacts consist ofone Woodland plain medium sand tempered sherd, one Deptford plain coarse sand temperedsherd, one eroded decorated fine sand tempered sherd, one eroded decorated very coarse sandtempered sherd, and one chert interior flake. In addition, there are two residual sherds classifiedas colonoware, although it is possible they are prehistoric in origin. Regardless, the orientation ofthe feature with magnetic north, which is consistent with historic structure wall alignments, stronglysuggests that this feature is historic in origin.FEATURE 67 –HISTORIC PITFeature 67 is an oval pit measuring 2.5 by 2.7 feet and extending 1.0 foot into subsoil. The fillconsists of very dark grayish brown (10YR3/2) loamy sand. Prehistoric pottery consists of oneThoms Creek combed/scraped fine sand tempered sherd, three Thoms Creek plain fine sandtempered sherds, one Pee Dee curvilinear complicated stamped medium sand tempered sherd,eight Woodland plain medium sand tempered sherds, one eroded decorated medium sandtempered sherd, two Wilmington/Hanover fabric impressed grog tempered sherds, and 21residual sherds. Two pieces of debitage consisting of one rhyolite flake fragment and one quartziteflake fragment were also recovered. Historic artifacts consist of three Lesesne colonoware sherds,two Yaughan colonoware sherds, three residual colonoware sherds, and one piece of undecorateddelft (1700-1800). The delft and colonoware sherds suggest a mid to late 18 th century origin forthe feature. A small amount of charcoal was also recovered from this pit.FEATURE 68 – HISTORIC POSTFeature 68 is a square historic post measuring 1.1 by 1.0 feet and extending 1.2 feet into thesubsoil. The fill consists of very dark grayish brown (10YR3/2) loamy sand.