Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18CH381 Non-Feature Artifact Collection
Feature Notes: Phase II artifact collection: 940 prehistoric, 19 historic (includes 12 brick/brick fragments- discarded).
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic/Prehistoric
Social Status:
Ethnic Status: Native American, Unknown
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: CH62
No of Artifacts: 958
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Historic, Other; Prehistoric, Other
Feature Date: 1720s; 1730s; 1740s; 1750s; 1760s; 1770s; Late Woodland; Middle 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: 18CH381
County: Charles
Site Name: Area A-3/B-2, Site D
Brief Description: Middle Archaic short-term camp; Late Woodland base camp
Site Type: Historic/Prehistoric
Site Notes: 57 shovel test units and 11- 1x1 meter test units were excavated in Phase II. A total of 940 prehistoric and 18 historic artifacts were collected. No cultural features were identified, possibly due to soil deflation and probable cultivation.
Site Date: ca 1720-1780; Middle Archaic
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: CH62
Author: Hornum, Michael, Leo P. Hirrel, Brooke, V. Best, Eliza Edwards, Connie Capozzola, and Lance Trask
Date: 1995
Title: Phase II Cultural Resource Evaluation of Nine Sites within the Phase I Development Area, Chapman's Landing, Charles County, Maryland.
Imprint: R. Christopher Goodwin and Associates, Frederick, MD.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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