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Little Neck (18BA36)

Site History

The Little Neck site (18BA36) is a multicomponent site containing Middle & Late Archaic and Early, Middle & Late Woodland period artifacts, as well as artifacts dating to the late 19th to & 20th-centuries. The site is located on the grounds of Gunpowder Falls State Park in Baltimore County, Maryland.

Archaeological Investigations

This site was initially identified in the late 19th century by Talbot D. Jones, an insurance underwriter who was also an active avocational archeologist. Jones's collection and field notes were donated to Johns Hopkins University and were analyzed in 1980 by the Maryland Geological Survey Division of Archeology. A total of 120 artifacts is listed in Jones's collection from 18BA36, which is curated at the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Lab. Artifacts collected by Jones included an axe, a gorget, chisel, and a rubbing stone and he also noted projectile points, bannerstones, pestles, mortars, and hammerstones. Jones also noted that the site had been collected by avocational archaeologists for many years.

Ed Otter conducted Phase II testing of two parts of the overall site in 1991. The areas studied were found to contain highly disturbed contexts and were determined to be not eligible for the National Register of Historic places. Other portions of the site have not been professionally studied and are considered potentially eligible.

References

Bennett, Carroll R.

1988   "The Evergreen Collection" (Maryland Geological Survey) MHT# MD 115.

Otter, Ed

1991   Phase II Archeological Study at 18BA36, Little Neck Site, Gunpowder Falls State Park, Days Cove Area, Baltimore Co., Md.

(Edited from archeological site survey form, Maryland Historical Trust)