Mount Pleasant. An Eighteenth-Century Yuchi Indian Town, British Trader Outpost, and Military Garrison in Georgia.
Author(s): Daniel Elliott; Rita Elliott
Year: 1990
Summary
This is a report for non-professional audience on the survey and discovery of the Mount Pleasant site in Effingham County, Georgia. This site was settled by Yuchis around 1720-1750. It also was home to English deerskin traders. These traders were formed into a Georgia Ranger troop in 1739. The Mount Pleasant ranger fort lasted until about 1760.
Cite this Record
Mount Pleasant. An Eighteenth-Century Yuchi Indian Town, British Trader Outpost, and Military Garrison in Georgia., 10. Daniel Elliott, Rita Elliott. 1990 ( tDAR id: 448944) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8448944
URL: http://thelamarinstitute.org/images/PDFs/publication_10.pdf
Keywords
Material
Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Fauna
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Glass
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Metal
Site Name
9EF169
Site Type
Fort
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Trade Post
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Village
Investigation Types
Historic Background Research
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Systematic Survey
Geographic Keywords
Effingham County, Georgia
Temporal Keywords
18th Century
Spatial Coverage
min long: -81.37; min lat: 32.542 ; max long: -81.32; max lat: 32.581 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Principal Investigator(s): Daniel Elliott
File Information
| Name | Size | Creation Date | Date Uploaded | Access | |
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| publication_10.pdf | 1.93mb | Jun 19, 2019 | Jun 19, 2019 2:23:25 PM | Public | |
| Report for popular consumption on survey and discovery of the Mount Pleasant Site, 9EF169, in Effingham County, Georgia. | |||||