Detail

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:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status: Elite
Ethnic Status: Anglo-American
Household: Nicholas Sewall
Associated Features:
Report ID: ST189
No of Artifacts: 25292
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Pit, Other
Feature Date: 1670s; 1680s; 1690s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: 1675-1695
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: No
Radiocarbon?: No
Radiocarbon Notes:
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:
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:
  Report on file at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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