FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18CH358 Feature 16 |
| Feature Notes: |
Two separate pits which merged together. Multiple fill layers suggest the pit was open for some period of time before being backfilled. Possible clay extraction pit that was later filled with trash. |
| 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: |
CH55 |
| No of Artifacts: |
374 |
| Catalogued?: |
Yes |
| Feature Type: |
Pit, Unknown; Trash Pit/Dump |
| Feature Date: |
1700s; 1710s; 1720s; 1730s; 1740s; 1750s; 1760s; 1770s; 1780s; 1790s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
18th c. |
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SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS |
| Specialized Analysis: |
Yes |
| 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?: |
Yes |
| Paleobotanical Analysis?: |
No |
| Lithic Analysis?: |
No |
| FTIR?: |
No |
| XRF?: |
No |
| Soil Chemical Analysis?: |
No |
SITE DATA |
| Site Number: |
18CH358 |
| County: |
Charles |
| Site Name: |
Clifton Site |
| Brief Description: |
Early Archaic to Late Woodland short-term camps with stratified sequence; early to mid-18th-century plantation |
| Site Type: |
Historic/Prehistoric |
| Site Notes: |
Stratified multi-component site with evidence of Early Archaic and Late Woodland camps. Also evidence of early to mid-18th-century deposit possibly related to "Hopewell" tract. |
| Site Date: |
ca 1720-1780; Early Archaic; Early Woodland; Late Archaic; Late Woodland; Middle Archaic; Middle Woodland |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
Anglo-American; Native American |
| Site Function: |
Building/Foundation; Domestic; Farmstead; Plantation; Post-in-ground |
REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
CH55 |
| Author: |
Barse, William P., and Alan D. Beauregard |
| Date: |
1994 |
| Title: |
Phase III Data Recovery at the Clifton Site (18CH358) Maryland Route 228 Wetland Mitigation. Charles County, Maryland. |
| Imprint: |
KCI Technologies. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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