Hampton Comes Alive! An Examination of Colonoware from Hampton Plantation

Summary

Recent excavations at Hampton Plantation State Historic Site, located in Charleston County, South Carolina, have yielded colonoware from an early eighteenth century occupation and a late eighteenth to nineteenth century occupation. The later occupation is associated with the Horry family, who developed Hampton Plantation. A large assemblage of colonoware associated with this late eighteenth to nineteenth century context has been recovered from the living and work areas of enslaved workers and indications of possible on-site colonoware production are present. The early eighteenth century, pre-Horry, assemblage also includes a large portion of low-fired earthenware pottery. This colonoware is likely associated with local Native American groups, such as Sewee Indians, and /or early European settlers and their enslaved workers. This paper will examine evidence of colonoware production, the evolution of low-fired earthenware pottery at the site, and interactions between various groups in the area. This research has the potential to provide information on the factors influencing the production and distribution of colonoware, the role colonoware played in the daily lives of the residents of the site, and how occupants of the site interacted with other groups through the formation of various trading networks.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)   •
• Beyond the Ethnicity Debate: Examining the Many Contexts of Colonoware

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