Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18ST569 Feature 4
Feature Notes: Agricultural ditch, similar to Features 1 and 2.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status:
Ethnic Status:
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: ST161
No of Artifacts: 62
Catalogued?: No
Feature Type: Ditch, Other
Feature Date:
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: unknown
 

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" - 1/16"
Faunal Analysis?: Yes
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: Yes
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18ST569
County: St Marys
Site Name: Myrtle Point
Brief Description: Early & Late Archaic and Early, Middle, and Late Woodland short-term resource procurement camps or base camps
Site Type: Prehistoric
Site Notes: Flotation & faunal samples collected.
Site Date: Early Archaic; Early Woodland; Late Archaic; Late Woodland; Middle Woodland
Site Ethnic Group: Native American
Site Function: Base Camp; Multi-component; Shell Midden; STU/Lithic Scatter

REPORT DATA

Report ID: ST161
Author: Herbert, Joseph
Date: 1994
Title: Prehistoric Settlement at the Myrtle Point Site (18ST569) and the Structure of Low Density Lithic Assemblages Along the Lower Patuxent River, Maryland.
Imprint: Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum Occasional Papers No. 4 .
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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