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Introduction
Site 18ST676 is a multi-component site west of
Leonardtown in St. Mary’s County. The site contains a late
18th- to mid-19th-century artifact concentration and evidence of
a Middle Woodland period base camp or hamlet.
Archaeological Investigations
Phase I and II investigations were conducted by
R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates in 1997 and 1998 in advance
of proposed residential development at Tudor Hall Farm.
This site yielded over 900 prehistoric artifacts
and approximately 100 historic cultural items. The historic artifacts
date from the late 18th to the mid-19th centuries and generally
derive from plow-disturbed contexts. The prehistoric artifacts,
which appear to date from the Middle Woodland period, were found
mostly below the plowzone. Several variably dense concentrations
of fire-cracked rocks and lithic artifacts were also discovered.
These prehistoric features yielded several faunal and floral remains.
Prehistoric diagnostic artifacts included (during Phase I) two Popes
Creek ceramics, one untyped square-based point, and one Piscataway
point. About 100 late 18th- to late 19th-century artifacts were
also found at this site.
Archeobotanical Studies
A single 2-liter flotation sample was retained
from Feature AA1-II. The feature contained a relatively light concentration
of ten fire-cracked rocks, five cores, and three use-modified lithic
artifacts. The entire matrix of the feature was retained for flotation
analysis. The processed sample was submitted to Justine McKnight
for analysis. Recovered archeological plant remains were limited
to hickory wood charcoal and unidentified amorphous carbon.
References
| Child, Kathleen, Thomas W. Davis, W. Patrick Giglio, Christopher
Sperling, Fiona Bessey, Charlene Keck, William Lowthert, Andrew
D. Madsen and S. Justine McKnight |
| 1998 |
Phase II Archeological Evaluation of Five Sites
for the Proposed Tudor Hall Village Development,
St.
Mary's Co., Md. R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc.
for K.A.A.V., LLC, Upper Marlboro,
Maryland. |
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| McKnight, Justine |
| 1998 |
Archeobotanical Analyses at Tudor Hall (18ST676
and 18ST677), St. Mary’s County, Maryland.
Appendix
II to Phase II Archeological Evaluation of Five Sites for the
Proposed Tudor Hall Village
Development,
St. Mary's Co., Md. R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates,
Inc. for K.A.A.V., LLC,
Upper
Marlboro, Maryland. |
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