Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18CH664 Test Unit 2
Feature Notes: 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.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status:
Ethnic Status:
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: CH93
No of Artifacts: 15
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Kiln-related; Pit, Other
Feature Date: 1700s; 1710s; 1720s; 1730s; 1740s; 1750s; 1760s; 1770s; 1780s; 1790s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: 18th century
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: No
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?: No
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18CH664
County: Charles
Site Name: Homeland Brick Clamp Site
Brief Description: Historic brick clamp, possibly 18th or 19th century
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes: 1 brick clamp identified during Phase II and one feature excavated excavated during Phase II. Phase III investigations located a 2nd, earlier, clamp and another pit feature excavated. Archeometric dating indicated clamp construction and use between 1665-1745-1751. Phase II excavations yielded 135 non brick artifacts and Phase III yielded 123. Located at the south end ot 18th century Four Brothers Plantation.
Site Date: ca 1675-1720; ca 1720-1780; ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860
Site Ethnic Group: Anglo-American; Unknown Ethnicity
Site Function: Industrial; Slave-related

REPORT DATA

Report ID: CH93
Author: Balicki, Joseph, Reginal Pitts, and Kevin Simons
Date: 2000
Title: Phase II Investigations at the Homeland Brick Clamp (18CH664), MD5 Hughesville Bypass, Hughesville, Charles County, Maryland.
Imprint: SHA Archeological Report No. 221.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum