Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18WA487 Feature 48-01
Feature Notes: Unidentified function. Could represent small burn area, or remains of hearth clean-out activity.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Prehistoric
Social Status:
Ethnic Status: Native American
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: WA128
No of Artifacts: 22
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Hearth; Prehistoric, Unknown
Feature Date:
Prehistoric Feature Date: unknown
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: 1/4 inches
Faunal Analysis?: No
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18WA487
County: Washington
Site Name: Mt. Aetna Site
Brief Description: Early & Late Archaic & Early, Middle, & Late Woodland rhyolite processing; 19th- to 20th-century crossroads
Site Type: Historic/Prehistoric
Site Notes:
Site Date: ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930; Early Archaic; Early Woodland; Late Archaic; Late Woodland; Middle Woodland
Site Ethnic Group: Anglo-American; Native American
Site Function: Black/Metalsmith; Building/Foundation; Cellar; Commercial; Domestic; Farmstead; Frame-built; Industrial; Multi-component; Production Area; Spring/Well; STU/Lithic Scatter

REPORT DATA

Report ID: WA128
Author: Lowthert, William, April Fehr, Ann B. Markell, and Martha Williams
Date: 2005
Title: Phase III Archeological Data Recovery Investigations for Site 18WA487, Maryland Route 66 at Mt. Aetna Road, Washington County, Maryland.
Imprint: SHA Archeological Report No. 231.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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