FEATURE DATA |
Feature Name: |
18ST704 Feature 12 |
Feature Notes: |
Borrow pit; 23.5 by 40 feet by up to 5 feet deep; complex stratigraphy , 23% excavated, 2-4 feet deep; appears to have been filled rapidly, based on crossmends; appears to have been connected with demolition of early house; borrow pit possibly for clay for bricks for 2nd house; construction debris, new house; lots of architectural debris in fill; SS bodkin, headless king, book clasp, chafing dish-N. Devon, datable window leads 1675 and 1682 |
Macrofeature: |
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Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
Social Status: |
Elite |
Ethnic Status: |
Anglo-American |
Household: |
Nicholas Sewall |
Associated Features: |
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Report ID: |
ST189 |
No of Artifacts: |
25292 |
Catalogued?: |
Yes |
Feature Type: |
Pit, Other |
Feature Date: |
1670s; 1680s; 1690s |
Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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Historic Feature Date: |
1675-1695 |
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SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS |
Specialized Analysis: |
No |
Radiocarbon?: |
No |
Radiocarbon Notes: |
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Ceramic Vessels?: |
Yes |
Ceramic Vessel Notes: |
82 vessels |
Glass Vessels?: |
No |
Glass Vessel Notes: |
wine bottle shape 1661-87 |
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter?: |
Yes |
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter Notes: |
1669 mean pipe date |
Soil Screen Size: |
1/4 inch |
Faunal Analysis?: |
Yes |
Paleobotanical Analysis?: |
Yes |
Lithic Analysis?: |
No |
FTIR?: |
No |
XRF?: |
No |
Soil Chemical Analysis?: |
No |
SITE DATA |
Site Number: |
18ST704 |
County: |
St Marys |
Site Name: |
Charles' Gift |
Brief Description: |
Historic site containing 17th century (c. 1675-1695) plantation remains of Nicholas Sewall's Charles' Gift, as well as 18th and 19th century components of same plantation |
Site Type: |
Historic |
Site Notes: |
Circa 1675-1943 |
Site Date: |
ca 1675-1720 |
Site Ethnic Group: |
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Site Function: |
Plantation |
REPORT DATA |
Report ID: |
ST189 |
Author: |
Hornum, Michael B., Andrew Madson, Christian Davenport, John Clarke, Kathleen M. Child, and Martha Williams |
Date: |
2001 |
Title: |
Phase III Archeological Data Recovery at Site 18ST704, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, St. Mary's County, Maryland. |
Imprint: |
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Report on file at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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