Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18AN408 Non-Feature Artifact Collection
Feature Notes: Artifacts are predominantly prehistoric. Historic artifact count includes coal fragments.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic/Prehistoric
Social Status:
Ethnic Status: Native American, Unknown
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: AN44C
No of Artifacts: 783
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Historic, Other; Prehistoric, Other
Feature Date: 1720s; 1730s; 1740s; 1750s; 1760s; 1770s; 1780s; 1790s; 1800s; 1810s; 1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; Early Woodland; Late Archaic; Late Woodland; Middle Woodland; Post-1940
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: 1720- post 1930
 

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: 18AN408
County: Anne Arundel
Site Name: DCC 2
Brief Description: Late Archaic base camp, Early, Middle and Late Woodland short-term resource procurement camps. Historic scatter
Site Type: Historic/Prehistoric
Site Notes: Phase II excavations in 1982 included controlled surface collection, shovel test pits, 1x1 meter square test units and augering. 783 artifacts were recovered, a disproportionately high number of these were coal, probably from modern dumping. No cultural features were identified.
Site Date: ca 1720-1780; ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930; Early Woodland; Late Archaic; Late Woodland; Middle Woodland
Site Ethnic Group: Native American; Unknown Ethnicity
Site Function: Artifact Scatter; Base Camp; Domestic; Multi-component; Production Area; STU/Lithic Scatter

REPORT DATA

Report ID: AN44C
Author: Kavanagh, Maureen, and Silas Hurry
Date: 1984
Title: Phase II Archeological Investigations for the Baltimore Annapolis Transportation Corridor, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
Imprint: MGS File Report No. 186.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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