Archaeological Investigations at Yourhaney Plantation (38GE18)

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT YOURHANEY PLANTATION81FEATURE 90 – HISTORIC POSTFeature 90 is a circular post measuring 1.8 by 1.6 feet and extending 1.4 feet into subsoil. The fillconsists of very dark grayish brown (2.5Y3/2) loamy sand. This post appears to be related toFeatures 87, 91, 92, and 93. Artifacts consist of one incised Thoms Creek fine sand temperedsherd, two Santee/McClellanville fabric impressed fine sand tempered sherds, three MountPleasant plain medium sand tempered sherds, one eroded decorated medium sand temperedsherd, 16 residual sherds, one rhyolite flake fragment, one piece of daub, 16.6 grams of brickrubble, one hand wrought nail, one clear bottle glass, and two olive green bottle glass fragments.No sensitive historic artifacts were found in this feature, although the hand wrought nail suggests itis 18 th century. A very early OCR date of 1719 was obtained from a soil sample.FEATURE 91 – HISTORIC POSTFeature 91 is a circular post measuring 2.0 by 1.7 feet and extending 1.5 feet into subsoil. The fillconsists of very dark grayish brown (2.5Y3/2) loamy sand. This post appears to be related toFeatures 87, 90, 92, and 93. Artifacts consist of four Thoms Creek plain fine sand temperedsherds, three Woodland plain medium sand tempered sherds, 10 residual sherds, one porphyriticrhyolite interior flake, one hand wrought nail, one white salt glazed stoneware (1740-1775), threeStaffordshire slipware (1670-1795), one piece of olive green bottle glass, one ball clay pipe bowlfragment, and one 5/64 inch bore ball clay pipe stem. An MCD of 1739 was obtained from thisfeature.FEATURE 92 – HISTORIC POSTFeature 92 is a circular post measuring 1.7 by 1.5 feet and extending 0.7 feet into subsoil. The fillconsists of very dark grayish brown (2.5Y3/2) loamy sand. This post appears to be related toFeatures 87, 90, 91, and 93. Artifacts consist of two plain fine sand tempered sherds, four plainmedium sand tempered sherds, 13 residual sherds, 11.6 grams of brick rubble, one white saltglazed stoneware (1740-1775), two burnt Staffordshire slipware (1760-1795), and two pieces ofolive green bottle glass. A mean ceramic date of 1741 was obtained from the ceramics and anOCR date of 1740 was obtained from this feature.FEATURE 93 – HISTORIC POSTFeature 93 is an oval post measuring 2.5 by 2.2 feet and extending 1.3 feet into subsoil. The fillconsists of very dark grayish brown (2.5Y3/2) loamy sand. This post appears to be related toFeatures 87, 90, 91, and 92. Artifacts consist of 10 Thoms Creek plain fine sand temperedsherds, four Mount Pleasant plain medium sand tempered sherds, one Deptford plain very coarsesand tempered sherd, one eroded decorated medium sand tempered sherd, one eroded decoratedcoarse sand tempered sherd, one chert interior flake, three hand wrought nails, four squareshanked nails, one Staffordshire slipware (1670-1795), three Lesesne colonoware, one Yauahancolonoware, two aqua bottle glass, one olive green bottle glass, one 5/64 inch bore ball claypipestem, and one agricultural hoe blade. The mean date of manufacture for Staffordshireslipware is 1733.