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Introduction
Site 18PR143 contains evidence of Early, Middle, and Late Woodland
period short-term resource procurement camps.
Archaeological Investigations
This site was identified by William M. Gardner of Catholic University
in March 1976, during a Phase I survey of two streams for the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC). Between May and July 1976,
Phase II/III excavations were carried out by Catholic University
graduate students Joseph McNamara and William P. Boyer. A report
was produced in August of that year by R. Michael Stewart.
18PR143 consisted of a series of short-term resource procurement
camps. A small Early Woodland period Accokeek component was seen
in both loci of the site, as was a more substantial Middle Woodland
period Pope's Creek component with hearths, along with Late Woodland
period Potomac Creek camps, also with hearths. A small possible
Late Woodland period Townsend-Rappahannock occupation is also indicated.
Archeobotanical Studies
Flotation samples were marked on the forms as analyzed by the Archeology
Lab of Catholic University. However, no discussion is included in
the preliminary report on the project or in Michael Stewart's report.
References
Gardner, William M.
1976 Archeological Excavations of 18PR141, 18PR142,
and 18PR143 near Piscataway Maryland.
Catholic
University of America.
Stewart, R. Michael
1976 18PR141, 18PR143: Preliminary Considerations
of Two Sites Excavated in Accokeek, Maryland.
Catholic
University of America. |