Pit 103: Level 3

Completed on August 12, 2018, by Casiana Bacay, Jocelyn and DC Locke, Odess and David Brinkman. Level 3 was all Granby period, plus five possible Native American artifacts. At the very bottom of the pit was something most likely to be Native America. We noticed a dark archaeological feature appearing at a depth of 50cm (which is normally the limit at which we dig.) Going further, it turned into an obvious fire pit. We gathered hundreds of charcoal samples, which can later be dated. An adjacent pit (Pit 95) had given us a fascinating Native American find of a charcoal sample about the size of what would come out of a pipe. In that charcoal were tobacco seeds, which would not be a desired smoke of Europeans but often used by Native Americans in special ceremonies. Once again, this charcoal find likely points to pre-Granby. If not later, it could be from the homesite of the first area trader (Irishman Thomas Brown and his Catawba wife.) The huge number of charcoal pieces ranks Pit 103 as the third highest artifact count of all the Granby pits.

Pit 103: Level 3 produced: Granby period: Ten kitchen pottery, four kitchen glass, ten imported English window glass, three nails, three iron pieces, and a fire pit (charcoal.) Native American: Five pottery.