Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18CV65 Feature 10
Feature Notes: Shallow, oval concentration of oyster shell. Probable midden remnant in natural depression.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Prehistoric
Social Status:
Ethnic Status: Native American
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: XX27, SS28
No of Artifacts:
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Shell Midden
Feature Date:
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: waterscreened, flotation
Faunal Analysis?: No
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18CV65
County: Calvert
Site Name: Patterson I
Brief Description: Early, Middle & Late Archaic camps and Early, Middle & Late Woodland shell midden/village
Site Type: Prehistoric
Site Notes: Original records only, as no final report was produced. Field notes are alluded to, but could not be located. 1987 salvage of eroding pit and excavation of burial. Further investigations in 1988. A radiocarbon sample from an unknown provenience yielded a result of 1755 +/- 50 BP, AD 135-390. Records mention features 2-5, but no descriptions of those features, or any other beyond the feature 1 pit/burial were located. Artifact count was not calculated as unit/level # and letter designations vary between different episodes of investigation. Human remains were reinterred on site. Artifact inventory sheets available. No complied spreadsheet or database of artifact counts was located for this database.
Site Date: Early Archaic; Early Woodland; Late Archaic; Late Woodland; Middle Archaic; Middle Woodland
Site Ethnic Group: Native American
Site Function: Base Camp; Multi-component; Shell Midden; Village

REPORT DATA

Report ID: XX27
Author: Steponaitis, Laurie
Date: 1988
Title: Excavations at the Stearns and Patterson I Sites: An Interim Report.
Imprint:
  Report on file at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   
Report ID: XX28
Author: Field Records
Date: n.d.
Title: Original Field Records for 18CV65.
Imprint:
  Field notes on file at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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