Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18CV272 Feature 2
Feature Notes: Catalog indicates historic materials, but report does not. Similar to Feature 1. Southern Feature cluster, excavated during Phase II, 1987. Irregularly shaped oval tightly packed with shell.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Prehistoric
Social Status:
Ethnic Status: Native American
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: CV73
No of Artifacts: 58
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Prehistoric, Unknown
Feature Date: Early Archaic; Early Woodland; Late Archaic; Middle Archaic; Middle Woodland
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date:
 

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: 3/8 inch
Faunal Analysis?: Yes
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18CV272
County: Calvert
Site Name: Otter Site
Brief Description: Middle Woodland base camp; Archaic to Early Woodland
Site Type: Prehistoric
Site Notes: There is some discrepancy between the site report's artifact counts and what was actually catalogued. Artifact counts do not include shell, clay/daub, etc. Synthesis Project refers to site as multi-component, however NEH project calls it a single component.
Site Date: Early Archaic; Early Woodland; Late Archaic; Middle Woodland
Site Ethnic Group: Native American
Site Function: Hamlet; Multi-component; Production Area; Village

REPORT DATA

Report ID: CV73
Author: Gardner, William, Carole L. Nash, Joan M. Walker, and William P. Barse
Date: 1989
Title: Excavations at 18CV272.
Imprint: Thunderbird Archeological Associates, Woodstock, VA.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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