Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18CA239 Feature 36
Feature Notes: Not excavated in its entirety as portions extended outside the limits of disturbance (LOD). Related to late 18th-mid 19th century food processing and preparation activities. Two posts, 36 A and B were present in the north and south limits of the feature.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status:
Ethnic Status:
Household: Koubeck Site
Associated Features: 36 A/B
Report ID: CA28
No of Artifacts: 2812
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Shell Midden; Trash Pit/Dump
Feature Date: 1790s; 1800s; 1810s; 1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: late 18th- mid 19th century
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: Yes
Radiocarbon?: No
Radiocarbon Notes:
Ceramic Vessels?: No
Ceramic Vessel Notes:
Glass Vessels?: No
Glass Vessel Notes:
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter?: No
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter Notes:
Soil Screen Size: 1/4 inches
Faunal Analysis?: Yes
Paleobotanical Analysis?: Yes
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18CA239
County: Caroline
Site Name: Koubek Site
Brief Description: Early Archaic to Late Woodland camp; Prehistoric ossuary; 18th- to 20th-century scatter; Late 19th- to 20th-century cannery
Site Type: Historic/Prehistoric
Site Notes: 160 features identified, 119 determined to be of cultural origin. 90 post features identified relating to cannery. Not all post hole features are discussed in report, therefore complete descriptions/associations are not listed for all post holes. Plowscar features not included in database. Fenceline A= modern Fenceline B, east to west, may have served as boundary between cannery property & agricultural fields to the south.
Site Date: ca 1720-1780; ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930; Early Archaic; Early Woodland; Late Archaic; Late Woodland; Middle Woodland
Site Ethnic Group: Anglo-American; Asian American; Native American; Unknown Ethnicity
Site Function: Artifact Scatter; Cellar; Domestic; Frame-built; Industrial; Midden/Dump; Multi-component; Other Industrial; Post-in-ground; Production Area; Quarry/Extraction; STU/Lithic Scatter; Wharf/Landing

REPORT DATA

Report ID: CA28
Author: Emory, Scott A., and Dawn Cheshaek
Date: 2011
Title: Phase III Data Recovery Investigation of the Koubek site (18CA239), MD 328 Bridge over Tuckahoe Creek, Caroline County, Maryland
Imprint: SHA Archeological Report No. 423.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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