FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18CH79 Feature 5 |
| Feature Notes: |
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. |
| Macrofeature: |
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| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
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| Ethnic Status: |
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| Household: |
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| Associated Features: |
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| Report ID: |
CH22 |
| No of Artifacts: |
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| Catalogued?: |
No |
| Feature Type: |
Historic Burial |
| Feature Date: |
1820s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
1820 |
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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: |
18CH79 |
| County: |
Charles |
| Site Name: |
Chapel Point |
| Brief Description: |
Early and Late Archaic short-term camp; Early-Late Woodland shell midden; 17th- to 19th-century cemetery |
| Site Type: |
Historic/Prehistoric |
| Site Notes: |
Location of a 19th-century cemetery with graves eroding out of bank. Known burials were relocated from the cemetery in the late 19th century. Five burials were recovered, however, only records for 3 (features 1, 2, 5) are available. Site also has prehistoric component. |
| Site Date: |
ca 1630-1675; ca 1675-1720; ca 1720-1780; ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; Early Archaic; Early Woodland; Late Archaic; Late Woodland; Middle Woodland |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
Anglo-American; Native American |
| Site Function: |
Cemetery; Historic Burial Area; Multi-component; Recreational; Sepulchre; Shell Midden; STU/Lithic Scatter |
REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
CH22 |
| Author: |
McGuire, Patricia |
| Date: |
1987 |
| Title: |
Preliminary analysis of Features, 1, 2, and 5; Chapel Point (18 CH 79), Charles County, Maryland. |
| Imprint: |
MGS File Report No. 6. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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