FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18CH378 Feature 17-1 |
| Feature Notes: |
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. |
| 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: |
CH62 |
| No of Artifacts: |
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| Catalogued?: |
No |
| Feature Type: |
Posthole/mold - H |
| Feature Date: |
1770s; 1780s; 1790s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
Probably late 18th c |
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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: |
18CH378 |
| County: |
Charles |
| Site Name: |
Area A-1/Site L |
| Brief Description: |
Late Archaic base camp, late 18th- to early 19th-century tenant farmstead |
| Site Type: |
Historic/Prehistoric |
| Site Notes: |
Only one cultural feature, a posthole/mold of unknown temporal affiliation was excavated. The site contained 2 areas of high concentration of prehistoric activity (the central and north of central portions of the site). Additionally, there were two areas of moderate activity in the southern and extreme northern portions of the site. There also appear to be two chronologically and spatially distinct historic occupations at the site, indicated by two artifact concentrations. |
| Site Date: |
ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930; Late Archaic |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
Native American; Unknown Ethnicity |
| Site Function: |
Artifact Scatter; Base Camp; Domestic; Farmstead; Midden/Dump; Possible Structure; Production Area |
REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
CH62 |
| Author: |
Hornum, Michael, Leo P. Hirrel, Brooke, V. Best, Eliza Edwards, Connie Capozzola, and Lance Trask |
| Date: |
1995 |
| Title: |
Phase II Cultural Resource Evaluation of Nine Sites within the Phase I Development Area, Chapman's Landing, Charles County, Maryland. |
| Imprint: |
R. Christopher Goodwin and Associates, Frederick, MD. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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