Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18AG183 Feature 4
Feature Notes: Shallow, 10-15 cm deep basin filled with less compact soil, cinder, charcoal flecks and 1 chert flake. Possibly natural, such as a treefall.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Prehistoric
Social Status:
Ethnic Status: Native American
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: AG25
No of Artifacts: 12
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Prehistoric, Unknown
Feature Date:
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:
Faunal Analysis?: No
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18AG183
County: Allegany
Site Name: Romsburg Site
Brief Description: Early to Late Archaic short-term camp, Historic Unknown
Site Type: Historic/Prehistoric
Site Notes: Ten 1x1 m square units excavated. Four features identified, one being interpreted as natural, and one possibly natural. Some 316 flaked stone objects were recovered including 13 projectile points, 11 sufficiently complete for typological analysis. Only one flake recovered from a feature.
Site Date: Early Archaic; Late Archaic; Middle Archaic; Unknown Historic Context
Site Ethnic Group: Native American
Site Function: Unknown Historic

REPORT DATA

Report ID: AG25
Author: Ebright, Carol A.
Date: 1990
Title: Archeological Testing at the Romsburg Site, Allegany County, Maryland.
Imprint: SHA Archeological Report No. 2.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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