FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18CH664 Pit 1 |
| Feature Notes: |
Clay processing pit. Second of 6 clay processing pits to be excavated (Phase III). Only two of 6 pits were excavated during project. Pits are approximately 5-6' x 2.5-3'. |
| 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: |
CH116 |
| No of Artifacts: |
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| Catalogued?: |
No |
| Feature Type: |
Kiln-related; Pit, Other |
| Feature Date: |
1700s; 1710s; 1720s; 1730s; 1740s; 1750s; 1760s; 1770s; 1780s; 1790s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
18th century |
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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: |
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: |
CH116 |
| Author: |
Balicki, Joseph, Bryan Corle, and Kirstin Falk |
| Date: |
2004 |
| Title: |
Data Recovery Investigations at the Homeland Brick Clamp Site (18CH664) MD5 Hughesville Bypass, Hughesville, Charles County, Maryland. |
| Imprint: |
SHA Archeological Report No. 296. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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