Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18CV279 Feature 1
Feature Notes: No bone or tooth intact. Feature 1 is a prehistoric burial feature located beneath 17th century structure. Feature 1 was penetrated by Feature 10, a historic post hole/mold related to Structure 4. Artifact count includes samples. (No bone recovered)
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Prehistoric
Social Status:
Ethnic Status: Native American
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: CV36, XX23
No of Artifacts: 40
Catalogued?: No
Feature Type: Prehistoric Burial
Feature Date: Late Woodland; Middle Woodland
Prehistoric Feature Date: c. AD 500-1600
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:
Faunal Analysis?: No
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18CV279
County: Calvert
Site Name: Compton/Patuxent II
Brief Description: Mid- to late 17th-century homelot; Woodland camp
Site Type: Historic/Prehistoric
Site Notes: Soil chemical analysis performed on 57 samples from across site. Although 5 structures and 3 fencelines were identified at this site, only a sample of features were excavated from Structures 1 & 4 and Fence 3.
Site Date: ca 1630-1675; ca 1675-1720; Contact Period; Late Woodland; Middle Woodland
Site Ethnic Group: Anglo-American; Native American
Site Function: Base Camp; Building/Foundation; Domestic; Hamlet; Homestead; Midden/Dump; Plantation; Post-in-ground; Prehistoric Burial Area; STU/Lithic Scatter

REPORT DATA

Report ID: CV36
Author: Outlaw, Alain
Date: 1989
Title: The Compton Site Circa 1651-1684, Calvert County, Maryland 18CV279.
Imprint: Louis Berger and Associates, Inc., East Orange, N.J.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   
Report ID: XX23
Author: Field Records
Date: n.d.
Title: Original Field Records for 18WC15.
Imprint:
  Field notes on file at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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