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18CH73—Pomonkey North (10 features)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH73 Feature 1	Fire cracked rock, 4 flakes, 2 pottery
18CH73 Feature 2	Dark circular stain about 4 foot diameter, Popes Creek pottery, Early/Middle Woodland and Late Woodland pottery
18CH73 Feature 3	Circular feature, mainly lithics
18CH73 Feature 4	Irregular feature, flakes, shatter, and 1 hammerstone
18CH73 Feature 5	Red sandy clay with rock inclusions
18CH73 Feature 6	2.0 foot diameter circular pit, mostly lithics, Early/Middle Woodland pottery
18CH73 Locus 1	Locus 1 consisted of 1 5x5 foot unit, Early to Late Woodland pottery (Accokeek, Pope's Creek), FCR, soapstone bowl, 6 points
18CH73 Locus 2	8 test units in this locus and six possible features
18CH73 Locus 3	1 5x5 foot test unit
18CH73 Locus 4	3 5x5 foot test units

18CH79—Chapel Point (3 features)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH79 Feature 1	Burial collapsing out of bank at Chapel Point, MD. Shaft of Skeleton 2 (Feature 2) intrudes shaft of Skeleton 1 (Feature 1). East-west orientation. Male, 50+, osteoarthritis. *Please contact MacLab regarding questions about this collection.
18CH79 Feature 2	Sub-adult, very poor condition. East to west orientation. Skeleton 2 (Feature 2) shaft intrudes Skeleton 1 (Feature 1) grave shaft. Male, 5-6 years old.
18CH79 Feature 5	No intact skeletal material. Coffin bottom remained in situ. Material recovered from the botttom of the shaft represents both adult and sub-adult individuals. Mixing probably occurred during backfill.

18CH305—Camp Stanton (8 features)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH305 Buried A Horizon	Civil War artifacts from Buried A horizon
18CH305 Feature 1	Cellar measuring >5 ft. x 9.1 ft; much evidence of ash, charcoal and burning; feature possibly associated with a slave quarter
18CH305 Feature 2	4.1 x 5.1 burned clay hearth from a tent dwelling; possibly officer's tent
18CH305 Feature 4	Hearth area associated with Structure 1 tent structure
18CH305 Structure 1	Civil War tent structure, 8 x 11.2 ft.; contains hearth
18CH305 Structure 2	Civil War tent structure; 8.6 x 9.5 ft., contains hearth
18CH305 Structure 3	Civil War tent structure, 8.6 x 11.15 ft., contains hearth
18CH305 Structure 4	Civil War tent structure, 8.4 x 8.5 ft., no hearth

18CH308—Two Friends Site (25 features)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH308 Feature 1	4 overlapping pits.
18CH308 Feature 19	Small round pit, 3.1'x3.5'.
18CH308 Feature 2	Square postmold.
18CH308 Feature 20	Small round pit, similar to Feature 19. 3.8'x4.8'.
18CH308 Feature 21	Part of Feature 4 complex, could be earliest of pit features. Only wine bottle neck found could date to 1735. Only diagnostic ceramic was Delftware.
18CH308 Feature 22	Feature 29 cuts into Feature 22. Located at the outer edge of the pit complex. 3.6'x3.1'. No temporal diagnostic artifacts, but the collection resembled those from nearby pits.
18CH308 Feature 23	Small pit, roughly square, shallow.
18CH308 Feature 24	Cut by Feature 39 (posthole). Could also be one of earliest pits.
18CH308 Feature 25	Small trash pit near Features 19, 20. 2.8'x2.8'.
18CH308 Feature 26	Oyster shell and goat skull, no cultural material. Shallow pit.
18CH308 Feature 28	Small posthole that could not be associated with fence lines or other structure.
18CH308 Feature 29	Cuts into Feature 22. 4.1'x4.2'. Basin-shaped with small depression observed in the eastern end may represent a separate small excavation.
18CH308 Feature 30	Overlaps Features 35 and 36. Oval surface, 5'x3'.
18CH308 Feature 31	Basin-shaped pit. Appears to be roughly contemporary with rest of Feature 4. Artifacts also contemporary with those in Feature 4 Stratum B. 2.9'X2.5'.
18CH308 Feature 32	No distinction while excavating, however the bottom had three distinct depressions indicating 3 overlapping pits.
18CH308 Feature 33a/33b	Originally one feature. Discovered to be 2 pits. Feature 19 cuts into Feature 33B.
18CH308 Feature 34	Round, basin-shaped pit, 3'x2.7'.
18CH308 Feature 35	Cut by Features 20 and 30, 3.8'x3'.
18CH308 Feature 36	East of Feature 4 complex, 6.8'x4.2'. Lens of fine sand indicating it was open for some time.
18CH308 Feature 37	East of Feature 4 complex, 5.5'x4.3'.
18CH308 Feature 38	Small postholes that could not be associated with fence lines or other structures.
18CH308 Feature 39	Square postmolds, cuts Feature 24 and 4, and so postdates the earliest trash dumping in that area.
18CH308 Feature 4	Part of Feature 4 complex. Features 2, 39, 40, 21, 24, 26, 31 all below Feature 4 stratum B.
18CH308 Feature 4 Complex	12'x15'. Separate pits of Feature 4 were not visible until the overlying fill was removed. Appears to be a span of 30 years between earliest and latest pits.
18CH308 Feature 40	Square postmolds. Beneath the top of Feature 4 (Stratum b).

18CH350—Mathews Site (19 features)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH350 Feature 1	Brick dwelling foundation. Two chimney bases, partition wall and associated rubble. Main box foundation built prior 1800. Rear ell addition built after 1800. More than 852 artifacts.
18CH350 Feature 10	Posthole and postmold of unknown function. Situated at the exterior of foundation wall of dwelling addition.
18CH350 Feature 11	Brick pillar or pier support on cellar floor.
18CH350 Feature 12	Builder's trench associated with addition brick foundation (Feature 1).
18CH350 Feature 13	Posthole and mold. Abutted corner of ell addition foundation.
18CH350 Feature 14	Builder's trench associated with main box of dwelling (Feature 1).
18CH350 Feature 15	Builder's trench, "L" shaped. Associated with ell addition foundation.
18CH350 Feature 17	Domestic trash pit near base of cellar hole.
18CH350 Feature 18	Builder's trench associated with main box dwelling (Feature 1).
18CH350 Feature 19	Brick pillar or pier support on cellar floor.
18CH350 Feature 2	Oyster shell midden, 15' dimension. Represents either confined, organized discard, or food processing area.
18CH350 Feature 20	Pit. Possible building floor support.
18CH350 Feature 22	Pit with large flat stone. May have been used to steady a support timber.
18CH350 Feature 3	"Little archaeological value". Looters' pit.
18CH350 Feature 4	Drainage ditch connected with processing outbuilding near oyster shell midden most likely post dates mid-19th century based on soils it cut through.
18CH350 Feature 6	Posthole.
18CH350 Feature 7	Possible postmold, located within the brick addition foundation. May predate, or mark construction of rear ell addition.
18CH350 Feature 8	Possibly related to looters pit (Feature 3) or natural.
18CH350 Feature 9	Cellar hole and fill. Located in main box of dwelling, 14' x 24'. Features discovered at bottom of cellar hole.

18CH351—Vulture (1 feature)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH351 Non-Feature Artifact Collection	Artifact count includes 1824 historic, 7 prehistoric and 1 "other."

18CH352—Clagett (7 features)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH352 Feature 1	Brick foundation, shallow cellar hole, concrete pillars and associated architectural rubble. Artifact count is for whole of Test Unit 1, not just Feature 1.
18CH352 Feature 2	Brick lined well, 5' deep, 4' diamter. Features 6 and 7 possibly represent remains of associated well houses.
18CH352 Feature 3	Artifact deposit associated with possible architectural feature.
18CH352 Feature 4	Brick foundation wall. Possibly another side of, or addition to, Feature 1. Artifact count is for all of Test Unit 2.
18CH352 Feature 5	Possible second brick foundation wall related to outbuilding or quarter.
18CH352 Feature 6	Artifact deposit associated with stone wall (Feature 7). Possible well house for Feature 2.
18CH352 Feature 7	Stone foundation wall. Possibly dry laid. Possible well house for Feature 2.

18CH353—Crabb Grass (2 features)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH353 Feature 1	Oyster shell midden. Diameter >7'. Not fully excavated. Portion excavated was 6.5".
18CH353 Feature 2	Shallow pit of unknown function. Approximately 3' diameter and 5" thick where excavated in Test Unit 4.

18CH354—Bateman Site (9 features)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH354 Feature 1	Remnant brick foundation, or masonry footprint of dwelling, 20'x25'.
18CH354 Feature 10	Clay patches in cellar floor.
18CH354 Feature 11	Mortared footer to cellar brick support.
18CH354 Feature 2	10'x10' cellar within Feature 1 foundation.
18CH354 Feature 5A	Cellar brick support to floor of dwelling. Likely represented an architectural element added to the structure following its construction.
18CH354 Feature 5B	Builder's trench fill related to construction of brick cellar support.
18CH354 Feature 6	Builder's trench associated with brick foundation (Feature 1).
18CH354 Feature 8	Architectural pit. Only architectural debris recovered situated at exterior of brick foundation.
18CH354 Feature 9	Small architectural pit. Purposeful refuse pit containing architectural material.

18CH355—Beach Site (3 features)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH355 Feature 1	Brick road.
18CH355 Feature 2	Gravel road just above remnants of Feature 1. Brick road, may represent modern repair.
18CH355 Feature 3	Oyster midden.

18CH358—Clifton Site (18 features)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH358 Feature 10	Likely represents a single episode of in-filling. Possible clay extraction pit.
18CH358 Feature 13	Assumed to be historic. Probably dates to 18th century because of similarity in form to Feature 15.
18CH358 Feature 14	Similar to Features 13 and 15. No lensing or separate fill episodes evident in profile. Only artifact was fragment of bottle glass. Assumed to be part of 18th century component due to similarity to Feature 15.
18CH358 Feature 15	Possible clay extraction pit, shallow. Similar to Features 13 and 14.
18CH358 Feature 16	Two separate pits which merged together. Multiple fill layers suggest the pit was open for some period of time before being backfilled. Possible clay extraction pit that was later filled with trash.
18CH358 Feature 2	Unidentified shallow pit. Feature contains historic period artifacts, but could be from plowscar intrusion. Radiocarbon dated to Middle Woodland, however Popes Creek sherds were found.
18CH358 Feature 21	Short linear stains with unclear function. Resemble slot fence stains.
18CH358 Feature 22	No historic artifacts, but similar to other 18th century site components. Oval shaped stain. Two fill layers representing single fill episodes.
18CH358 Feature 23	Large circular pit, complex series of depositional events.
18CH358 Feature 24	Daub pit. Oblong pit feature, no 18th century period artifacts, but recent glass and coal were found. Probably due to rodent activity.
18CH358 Feature 25	Sherd cluster representing portion of constricted neck Late Woodland vessel identified as Potomac creek.
18CH358 Feature 26	Short linear stains. Unclear function. Resemble slot fence stains.
18CH358 Feature 3	Historic and prehistoric materials.
18CH358 Feature 5A	Short, linear stains with unclear function. Resemble slot fence stains.
18CH358 Feature 6	No historic artifacts. Associated with 18th century occupation. Possibly an aborted posthole.
18CH358 Feature 7	Hearth or FCR scatter within first 10 cm of B horizon in Area B. Tentatively assigned Late Archaic.
18CH358 Feature 8	Scattered hearth or FCR discard locus from stone boiling activities.
18CH358 Feature 9	Mix of historic and prehistoric artifacts.

18CH374—Area 1-A, Site D (1 feature)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH374 Non-Feature Artifact Collection

18CH376—Area A-1, Site F (1 feature)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH376 Non-Feature Artifact Collection	Artifacts include 4,524 prehistoric and 5 (retained) historic artifacts.

18CH377—Area A-1, Site J (2 features)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH377 Feature 2-1	Probable pit. No artifacts attributed to this feature.
18CH377 Feature 4-1	Probable pit.

18CH378—Area A-1/Site L (1 feature)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH378 Feature 17-1	Postmold feature of unclear origin. Higher quantities of historic materials in the area suggest that it is associated with the historic (late 18th century) occupation of the southern area of the site.

18CH379—Area A-1/A-2, Site S A-B (6 features)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH379 Locus A	Locus A includes the standing Thomas Brown log dwelling, animal pen (chicken coop), ruins of two pole barns, a well and trash pit. Test units in Locus A produced 243 historic artifacts. Shovel test artifact counts not included. A total of 41 prehistoric artifacts were found in test units and shovel tests.
18CH379 Locus B	Includes a pile of bricks that may be chimney ruins, a possible filled well and nearby road trace. Count includes historic and prehistoric artifacts from all shovel tests and test units in Locus B.
18CH379 Locus B-1	Reused brick fragments used to create a walkway or floor.
18CH379 Locus S	Remains of a pole barn, possible well and two brick falls (possible chimneys). Artifact count from test units only including both historic and prehistoric artifacts.
18CH379 Locus S/5-1	Small cluster of unarticulated brick.
18CH379 Locus S/5-2	Unidentified pit filled with ash, mortar, charcoal, nail & brick fragments, and a shell button. Artifact count unknown.

18CH380—Area A-3, Site A (2 features)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH380 Feature 601	Cluster of FCR and lithic debitage.
18CH380 Feature 602	Cluster of FCR and lithic debitage.

18CH381—Area A-3/B-2, Site D (1 feature)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH381 Non-Feature Artifact Collection	Phase II artifact collection: 940 prehistoric, 19 historic (includes 12 brick/brick fragments- discarded).

18CH383—Area B-1, Site B (1 feature)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH383 Feature 201	Small artifact cluster consisting of one abrader, 6 flakes, on shatter and two possible FCR.

18CH385—Area B-1, Site D (1 feature)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH385 Non-Feature Artifact Collection	Prehistoric artifacts include 425 lithics and 1 ceramic. A sparce scatter of kitchen related historic artifacts are is not included in count.

18CH664—Homeland Brick Clamp Site (5 features)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH664 Clamp 1	40% excavated during Phase II. Second of the two clamps, possibly used as an "after burn" clamp.
18CH664 Clamp 2	Brick clamp, pre-dates Clamp 1 which was located & excavated during Phase I & II. 16' x 12.5-13.0'. Artifact count unknown.
18CH664 Clay Extraction Pit	Clay extraction pit "underlies a portion of Clamp 1". Shallow pit, approximately 12'x24', deeper on west side. Interpreted as a source for some of the raw material for bricks in clamp 2. Artifact count unknown.
18CH664 Pit 1	Clay processing pit. Second of 6 clay processing pits to be excavated (Phase III). Only two of 6 pits were excavated during project. Pits are approximately 5-6' x 2.5-3'.
18CH664 Test Unit 2	Test Unit 2 placed over one of 6 "borrow pits". Later classified as clay processing pits in the Phase III report. No dateable artifacts. First of 2 out of 6 processing pits excavated. Artifact count consists of all bricks.

18CH724—Horse Farm #6 (7 features)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH724 Feature 1	Stone lined well with fill. Estimated 4' diameter, not fully excavated.
18CH724 Feature 2	Brick foundation wall, 40' long and ~2' wide. Unknown artifact count.
18CH724 Feature 3	Builder's trench associated with brick foundation (Feature 2). Exterior of foundation wall.
18CH724 Feature 4	Brick foundation wall, 1 course of brick, 4 bricks wide. Unknown function. Artifact count unknown.
18CH724 Feature 5	Historic oyster shell midden, 6-7" deep. STPs suggest a structure once sat near midden.
18CH724 Feature 6	17' x 20' architectural and domestic trash pit, 33" deep
18CH724 Feature 8	Domestic trash pit, 7" deep, 7' diameter. Possibly associated with meat house or butchering.

18CH728—Horse Farm #10 (2 features)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH728 Feature 1	Well pump/piping feature, three feet deep with sloping sides.
18CH728 Feature 2	Brick pile interpreted as possible chimney fall. Artifacts were assigned to test units rather than feature. No count available.

18CH797—Nice Bridge Shell Midden Site (3 features)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH797 TU6 Stratum III	Disturbed portion of shell midden
18CH797 TU6 Stratum IV	Intact portion of shell midden, remnant of larger midden
18CH797 TU7 Stratum I	Shell redeposited midden, bone awl

18CH821—Serenity's Surprise (7 features)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH821 Feature 14	Boundary Ditch
18CH821 Feature 3	Boundary ditch given three different feature numbers
18CH821 Feature 5	Boundary ditch given 3 feature numbers
18CH821 Native American structure	Six postmolds from one Early to Middle Woodland structure (Features 4, 6-10)
18CH821 Plowzone	Artifact counts from features were small, but the plowzone had over 18,000 historic artifacts; hence a record is included here
18CH821 Structure 1	Post in ground structure of 18 postholes (F 1, 11, 12, 17, 26, 27, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 41, 44-47, 49, 50)
18CH821 Structure 1 Cellar	Measures 4.7 x 4.9 ft.

18CH850—Oliver's Crossing (6 features)

Feature	Feature Notes
18CH850 Feature 1	Posthole
18CH850 Feature 10	350 x 80 x 90 cm bog iron and mortar surface, possibly disturbed hearth floor
18CH850 Feature 2	18 cm wide, rectangular, 36 cm deep
18CH850 Feature 5	32 cm wide x 108 cm long linear stain, 4 to 5 cm deep, no artifacts
18CH850 Feature 6	7 articulated tabular bog iron pieces, 60 x 50 cm, displayed some mortar between bog iron, possibly disturbed hearth floor
18CH850 Feature 8	8 xm x 5.2 cm, 4 cm deep, possible fence post?