Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18HA167 Locus A
Feature Notes: Artifact locus in the southern half of site. Included steatite concentration later determined to be natural. 790 prehistoric artifacts recovered from Locus A & B combined.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Prehistoric
Social Status:
Ethnic Status: Native American
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: HA59
No of Artifacts:
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Prehistoric, Other; Shell Midden
Feature Date: Early Woodland; Maryland Adena
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date:
 

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

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18HA167
County: Harford
Site Name: Hickory
Brief Description: Late Archaic base camp, late 18th- to early 19th-century artifact scatter
Site Type: Historic/Prehistoric
Site Notes: Two prehistoric loci and two historic features. Unable to determine artifact counts for loci. 790 prehistoric artifacts recovered for locus A &B.
Site Date: ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; Late Archaic
Site Ethnic Group: Native American; Unknown Ethnicity
Site Function: Artifact Scatter; Base Camp; Domestic; STU/Lithic Scatter

REPORT DATA

Report ID: HA59
Author: Simons, Michael, Thomas W. Davis, Katherine Grandine, Kathleen M. Child, and Thomas Majarov
Date: 1996
Title: Phase II Archeological Evaluations of Site 18HA167 and Supplemental Phase IB Archeological Survey for Contract no. AW 821-105(P) - U.S. Route 1, Hickory Bypass, Harford County, Maryland.
Imprint: SHA Archaeological Report No. 146.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum