POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS FOR CHARLES TOWNE LANDING, SOUTH CAROLINA

Summary

Samples were examined from Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site, the first

permanent English settlement of the Colony Carolina. It was occupied between 1670 and

1680. Soil recovered from a trench feature in a possible small, seventeenth century vineyard

was submitted for analysis. Documents indicate small grape arbors adjacent to houses in the

area. Occupants grew experimental crops to determine what, if anything, would grow well in

Carolina. Crops attempted include indigo, tobacco, cotton, beans, olives, ginger, sugar cane,

indian corn, peas, turnips, carrots, and potatoes. Pollen and phytolith analyses examined

sediment from this trench and compared it with a control sample.

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