POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 38CH1541 AND 38CH1542, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings

Year: 2017

Summary

Site 38CH1541, dating to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, represents the main Mullet Hall Plantation settlement. Mullet transferred the property to James Legare, but there is little evidence of occupation postbellum. Samples from three Colonial era trash pits, two wall trenches, and four storage pits, were examined for pollen and phytoliths to inform concerning economic activities at the plantation.

Site 38CH1542 includes two linear slave settlements, appearing on maps in 1854. One Antebellum wall trench and one trash pit from the African-American settlement also were examined for pollen and phytolith evidence of economic activity.

Cite this Record

POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 38CH1541 AND 38CH1542, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. Linda Scott Cummings. PRI Technical Report ,2017-045. 2017 ( tDAR id: 440941) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8Q81GX9

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Keywords

Culture
African American • Antebellum Period • Colonial Era • Euroamerican • Historic • Postbellum Period

Material
Pollen • Sediment • Storage Pit • Trash Pit

Site Name
38CH1541 • 38CH1542 • Mullet Hall Plantation

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Settlements

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
17-045 • Phytolith Analysis • Pollen Analysis • Starch Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Charleston County (County) • Mullet Hall Plantation • South Carolina (State / Territory)

Temporal Keywords
Antebellum Period • Colonial Era • Postbellum Period

Spatial Coverage

min long: -80.28; min lat: 32.593 ; max long: -79.5; max lat: 32.898 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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