Marcey Creek (44AR2)

Site History

The Marcey Creek site (44AR2) is an Early Woodland period precontact site, possibly a small village, that serves as the "type" site for Marcey Creek ceramics. The site is located overlooking the Little Falls of the Potomac River in Arlington County, near Washington, D.C.

Archaeological Investigations

The site, which is only about .25 acre in size, was recorded and excavated by Carl Manson in 1948. In addition to Marcey Creek ceramics, Manson found a number of quartzite stemmed projectile points, a bannerstone, a grooved axe, and fragments from steatite vessels. Three pit features, each about two feet in diameter, and filled with fine gravel, were excavated.

References

Manson, Carl

1948   "Marcey Creek Site: An Early Manifestation in the Potomac Valley." American Antiquity 13:223-227.

(Edited from Manson (1948))

Associated Artifacts

Marcey Creek

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44AR2 Marcey Creek Marcey Creek mended body steatite tempered plain/smoothed surface treatment undecorated Early Woodland Period

Marcey Creek

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44AR2 Marcey Creek Marcey Creek Handle steatite tempered plain/smoothed surface treatment lug handle Early Woodland Period

Marcey Creek

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44AR2 Marcey Creek Marcey Creek mended rim steatite tempered plain/smoothed surface treatment straight rim lip-nicking Early Woodland Period

Marcey Creek

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44AR2 Marcey Creek Marcey Creek base steatite tempered plain/smoothed surface treatment flat bottom undecorated Early Woodland Period