Archaeological Data Recovery at 38BU2186 and 38BU2187, Stony Creek at Bindon Plantation, Beaufort County, South Carolina
Creators: name: Randle, Lisa
name: Bailey, Ralph
name: Sherard, Jeff
name: James, Larry
Publisher: name: (:unav)
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Stony Creek
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/22037/stony-creek
subject: Stoney Creek
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/22565/stoney-creek
subject: Beaufort County, South Carolina
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83589/beaufort-county-south-carolina
subject: Pocatligo
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/86375/pocatligo
subject: Early Twentieth Century
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/272/early-twentieth-century
subject: Late Woodland
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5491/late-woodland
subject: Nineteenth Century
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/84/nineteenth-century
subject: Eighteenth century
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5547/eighteenth-century
subject: Woodland
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/13/woodland
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Wood
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/15/wood
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Dating Sample
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3/dating-sample
subject: Metal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/11/metal
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation

description: At Site 38BU2186, archaeologists recovered intact buried deposits, including pottery, lithics, and charcoal, that indicate a Late Woodland period logistical camp on the bluff overlooking Stony Creek. A large house, including several outbuildings and tennis court, were built on top of the Native American site after the Civil War, probably around 1900. This settlement was occupied on a part-time basis until the 1980s. The house was razed in the early 2000s.
 Archaeologists found very little evidence of a post contact occupation at 38BU2186 prior to the Civil War. Indeed, there is strong evidence that the early historic settlement at Bindon was at Site 38BU2187. Archaeologists identified and excavated a small, possible log structure at 38BU21867 that was likely constructed in the mid-1700s. We speculate that this initial structure was occupied only a few years until a more permanent settlement could be built, perhaps at 38BU1289. Archaeologists speculate that the initial structure was renovated and used as a slave dwelling. These interpretations are based on numerous architectural features such as posts, a chimney, and a large assemblage of colonial period artifacts including a significant amount of colonoware.