Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18PR677 Non-Feature Artifact Collection
Feature Notes: Over 2100 artifacts recovered, mostly historic, but including prehistoric and modern.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic/Prehistoric
Social Status:
Ethnic Status: African American, Euro-American, Native American
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: PR319
No of Artifacts: 2100
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Historic, Other; Prehistoric, Other
Feature Date: 1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; Late Archaic; Post-1940
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: mid 19th-20th century
 

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: 18PR677
County: Prince Georges
Site Name: Oak Creek S
Brief Description: Late Archaic short-term camp; mid-19th- to mid-20th-century house ruin
Site Type: Historic/Prehistoric
Site Notes: No cultural features. Phase II artifacts were recovered from the yard soils surrounding the historic Bird house. These soils were thought to have fair-to-poor stratigraphic integrity because of bioturbation, landform erosion, and 20th-century ground-disturbing activities, including excavation, grading, landscaping, etc. The prehistoric component of the site was composed of a lithic scatter.
Site Date: ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930; Late Archaic
Site Ethnic Group: African American; Anglo-American; Native American
Site Function: Artifact Scatter; Domestic; Frame-built; Spring/Well; STU/Lithic Scatter

REPORT DATA

Report ID: PR319
Author: Hill, J., Cynthia L. Pfanstiehl, Marta Rottweiller, Tara Tetrault, Nicholas Strader, Michael Roller, and Kelly Cooper
Date: 2005
Title: A Phase II Archeological Evaluation of Sites 18PR79, 18PR580, 18PR659, 18PR665, 18PR669, and 18PR677 within Oak Creek Club: a 900-Acre+ Property Located on Church Road South in Prince George’s County, Md.
Imprint: Archeological Testing and Consulting, Inc., Silver Spring, MD.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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