Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18BA71 Charcoal Pit
Feature Notes: Charcoal pit. Unable to determine if prehistoric or historic.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Unknown
Social Status:
Ethnic Status: Native American?
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: BA17
No of Artifacts:
Catalogued?: No
Feature Type: Historic, Other; Prehistoric, Other
Feature Date: Early Archaic; Early Woodland; Late Archaic; Late Woodland; Middle Archaic; Middle Woodland
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: 18BA71
County: Baltimore County
Site Name: UMBC
Brief Description: Archiac, Woodland short-term resource procurement
Site Type: Prehistoric
Site Notes: 1970-1972 excavations identified an unknown number of "possible post molds", later described as rodent burrows. These features, along with modern features, are not listed for this database. Only two features are discussed: a hearth feature and a "charcoal pit" of uncertain age. Artifact counts for these features are unknown.
Site Date: Early Archaic; Early Woodland; Late Archaic; Late Woodland; Middle Archaic; Middle Woodland
Site Ethnic Group: Native American
Site Function: Multi-component; Production Area; STU/Lithic Scatter

REPORT DATA

Report ID: BA17
Author: Vitelli, Karen D., Ronald J. Breen, Norma Baumgartner, Wayne Clark, Jean Hansen, Wm. Dana Miller, Barbara O'Donnell, Austin P. Platt, Pamela C. Platt, and William P. Zaruba
Date: 1975
Title: Report of the Excavation at U.M.B.C. Site 18BA71.
Imprint: Miscellaneous Papers No. 10, Archeological Society of Maryland.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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