Between 1765 and 1770, Staffordshire potter John Bartlam operated America’s first creamware pottery factory in Cainhoy, a settlement on the north bank of the Wando River north of Charleston.
Since September 1990, the location of the factory has been the site of archaeological digs by the S.C. Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology at USC under the direction of archaeologist and research professor Stanley South.
Now the archaeology and a report on the more than 6,000 artifacts recovered during the expeditions has been published in a new 283-page paperback book, John Bartlam: Staffordshire in Carolina, by South. The book includes more than 60 color photographs.
The book is available for $40, with checks payable to: The USC Educational Foundation Historical Archaeology Research Fund. Orders for the book should be sent to South at the S.C. Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, USC, 1321 Pendleton St. Columbia, SC 29208. South can be reached at 7-8170.
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