FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18CE14 Feature 1 (1974) |
| Feature Notes: |
Possible hearth identified in 1974 Maryland Geological Survey visit. No further information known. Artifact count included in 1981 catalog. |
| Macrofeature: |
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| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Prehistoric |
| Social Status: |
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| Ethnic Status: |
Native American |
| Household: |
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| Associated Features: |
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| Report ID: |
CE24 |
| No of Artifacts: |
7 |
| Catalogued?: |
Yes |
| Feature Type: |
Hearth |
| Feature Date: |
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| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
unknown |
| Historic Feature Date: |
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SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS |
| Specialized Analysis: |
No |
| Radiocarbon?: |
No |
| Radiocarbon Notes: |
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| Ceramic Vessels?: |
No |
| Ceramic Vessel Notes: |
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| Glass Vessels?: |
No |
| Glass Vessel Notes: |
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| Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter?: |
No |
| Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter Notes: |
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| Soil Screen Size: |
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| Faunal Analysis?: |
No |
| Paleobotanical Analysis?: |
No |
| Lithic Analysis?: |
No |
| FTIR?: |
No |
| XRF?: |
No |
| Soil Chemical Analysis?: |
No |
SITE DATA |
| Site Number: |
18CE14 |
| County: |
Cecil |
| Site Name: |
Conowingo |
| Brief Description: |
Late Archaic to Late Woodland, Contact period base camp; short-term resource procurement, early 19th to 20th-century scatter. |
| Site Type: |
Prehistoric |
| Site Notes: |
Multiple collectors scavenged this site from at least 1911. Several professional investigations of the site have been carried out by ASM and Pennsylvania and Maryland Geological Survey. No formal full reports of investigation seem to have been published. Large scale excavations by MGS and ASM took place in 1981-1982. Again, no formal report has been produced. Information here has been taken from short reports/articles and field records. |
| Site Date: |
ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930; Contact Period; Early Woodland; Late Archaic; Late Woodland; Middle Woodland |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
Native American |
| Site Function: |
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REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
CE24 |
| Author: |
McNamara, Joseph M. |
| Date: |
1985 |
| Title: |
Conowingo: a Late Archaic through Woodland Manifestation in the Lower Susquehanna River Valley. |
| Imprint: |
Maryland Archeology 21(2):1-35. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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