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Connecting the Dots:Making Sense of the Historic Postholes Identified at the
Johannes Kolb Site (38DA75)
Audrey R. Dawson
South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
SEAC 2005
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Excavation Plan:
68 2m² excavation units
217 50cm² test units
ROAD
OXBOW LAKE
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Oxbow Lake
Kolb Site Great Pee Dee River
Site Location
Map courtesy of maps.google.com
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Site Ownership Johannes Kolb
1730s through 1760s Kolb family
1760s through 1800s Thomas C. Williamson (slave cabins)
1800s through 1865 Edwards family (tenant farmers)
1865-1915 Timber production/Timber companies
1880s-1971 Kimberly Clark Conservation Foundation
1971-1991 SCDNR Heritage Trust Program
1991-present
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The Postholes 228 postholes Terminus post quem:
n=18 (8%) 18th century n=32 (14%) 19th century n=178 (78%) no diagnostic material
Planview shape n=178 (78%) square n=45 (20%) round n=5 (2%) unidentifiable
Final elevation (cm below surface) ranged from 20 cmbs to 100+ cmbs
Planview diameter
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Multiple Posts
Five sets of double/paired posts
Two sets of triple postholes
One set of five postholes
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Plotted by TPQ: 18th century postholes
No posts north of road
Clustering in area producing the 18th century artifacts
ROAD
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18th century: Southeastern
Cluster
Possible post-in-the-ground structure
Johannes Kolb house??
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18th century: Southeastern
Cluster
Possible post-in-the-ground structure
Johannes Kolb house??
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Kingsmill Plantation
Similar two room post-in-the-ground structure (Kelso 1984
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18th century: Southeastern
Cluster
Possible post-in-the-ground structure
Johannes Kolb house??
13’
17’
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Remaining 18th
century postholes
Run parallel to post-in-the-ground structure.
Possible barn or outbuilding from Kolb’s time.
ROAD
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Plotted by TPQ: 19th century postholes
On both north and south sides of road
Clustering round 18th century structure
Purple: 19th century Red: 18th century
ROAD
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Clustering
Close up view of clustering around possible 18th century structure
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Adding the Undated
Postholes…
ROAD
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TPQ: All Postholes
One large structure north of road
20’
36’
ROAD
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TPQ: All postholes
Southwestern part of site: possible small structures…
slave cabins??Root cellars
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Distribution by Shape
ROAD
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Shape: North of Road
Confirms presence of a large structure
ROAD
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Shape: Southwest Portion
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Shape: Southeast Portion
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Postholes <49 cmbs
ROAD
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Postholes <69 cmbs
ROAD
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Postholes >70 cmbs
ROAD
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Planview Diameter
ROAD
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Conclusions Use of TPQ dates are most accurate; only
variable to outline a possible 18th century post-in-the-ground structure.
Many possible structures were identified, however, additional research is needed to confirm or reject the patterns identified in this presentation.
Also, more excavation is needed to identify additional postholes which will help to fill in the gaps.
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Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Chris Judge and Carl Steen for allowing me to participate in this symposia and the Kolb site excavations; all of the volunteers for producing the wealth of information used in this presentation; and, all of the costless individuals and families who open their hearts and cupboards to us every year and make the annual excavations so much fun.