Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18AN65 Feature 2
Feature Notes: Soil discoloration with charcoal flecks. Level C2: buried plowzone, but some portions of C may be undisturbed.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Prehistoric
Social Status:
Ethnic Status: Native American
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: AN27B
No of Artifacts: 3
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Prehistoric, Other
Feature Date: Early Woodland; Middle Woodland
Prehistoric Feature Date: early - mid woodland
Historic Feature Date:
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: Yes
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?: Yes
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18AN65
County: Anne Arundel
Site Name: Beck NE Site
Brief Description: Middle Woodland shell midden, stratified Late Archaic to Early Woodland short-term camps
Site Type: Prehistoric
Site Notes: Botanical analysis and soil samples include materials from both starta and features associated with it. Midden feature excavated in 1939. Additional excavations in 1981.
Site Date: Early Woodland; Late Archaic; Middle Woodland
Site Ethnic Group: Native American
Site Function: Hamlet; Multi-component; Shell Midden

REPORT DATA

Report ID: AN27B
Author: Panet, Lisa
Date: 1983
Title: Subsistence and Functional Analysis of the Beck Northeast Site, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
Imprint:
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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