Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18CH308 Feature 36
Feature Notes: East of Feature 4 complex, 6.8'x4.2'. Lens of fine sand indicating it was open for some time.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status:
Ethnic Status:
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: CH113
No of Artifacts: 66
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Pit, Unknown
Feature Date: 1740s; 1750s; 1760s; 1770s; 1780s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: 1740's - 1780's
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

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

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18CH308
County: Charles
Site Name: Two Friends Site
Brief Description: 18th-century house site
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes:
Site Date: ca 1720-1780
Site Ethnic Group: Anglo-American
Site Function: Artifact Scatter; Building/Foundation; Domestic; Midden/Dump; Possible Structure; Slave-related

REPORT DATA

Report ID: CH113
Author: Bedell, John
Date: 2003
Title: The Two Friends Site, 18CH308: a Maryland Work Yard and Trash Midden, 1740-1780. Proposed Murphy Wetland Mitigation Area, MD 5 Hughesville Bypass, Benedict, Charles County, Maryland.
Imprint: SHA Archeological Report No. 275.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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