Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18AN398 Locus A
Feature Notes: Locus A was the denser of the two artifact clusters, and thus more heavily tested. Phase II Locus A artifacts: 5 prehistoric, 1118 historic (pre-1940 or nondatable) and 207 modern (post 1940).
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic/Prehistoric
Social Status:
Ethnic Status: Native American, Unknown
Household: Tenant House
Associated Features:
Report ID: AN459
No of Artifacts: 1330
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Historic, Other; Prehistoric, Other
Feature Date: 1780s; 1790s; 1800s; 1810s; Early Archaic
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: 1/4 inches
Faunal Analysis?: No
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18AN398
County: Anne Arundel
Site Name: Kelly Pool
Brief Description: Archaic lithic scatter; late 18th- to mid-19th-century tenant house site
Site Type: Historic/Prehistoric
Site Notes: Phase II investigations involved 34 shovel test pits and 35 test units in two loci; A and B. A being a more dense artifact cluster was more heavily tested. No cultural features were identified in either locus. Loci A yielded 1330 artifacts, and Loci B yielded 362. Only 5 prehistoric artifacts were recovered.
Site Date: Archaic; ca 1720-1780; ca 1780-1820; Early Archaic
Site Ethnic Group: Native American
Site Function: Domestic; Homestead; Quarry/Extraction; STU/Lithic Scatter

REPORT DATA

Report ID: AN459
Author: Mock, Kevin, Heather Crowl, and Kathleen Furgerson
Date: 2003
Title: Fort Meade, Phase II Archaeological Evaluation of Sites 18AN398, 18AN929, 18AN982, 18AN983, 18AN988, and 18AN989. Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
Imprint: URS Group, Bethesda MD.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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